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Document Type dei_DocumentType 497
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Sep. 30, 2017
Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName VIRTUS OPPORTUNITIES TRUST
Central Index Key dei_EntityCentralIndexKey 0001005020
Amendment Flag dei_AmendmentFlag false
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VOT
Document Creation Date dei_DocumentCreationDate Dec. 29, 2017
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate Dec. 29, 2017
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Apr. 10, 2017
Virtus Duff & Phelps International Equity Fund  
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Virtus Duff & Phelps International Equity Fund
Supplement [Text Block] vot_SupplementTextBlock

Virtus Duff & Phelps International Equity Fund,

a series of Virtus Opportunities Trust

 

 

Supplement dated December 29, 2017 to the Summary Prospectuses dated April 10, 2017,

and the Virtus Opportunities Trust Statutory Prospectus,

dated April 10, 2017, each as supplemented

 

 

Important Notice to Investors
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

Effective January 1, 2018, under “Fees and Expenses” in the fund’s summary prospectus and the summary section of the statutory prospectus, the “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table and associated footnotes will be replaced with the following:
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination
January 31, 2019
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates
Estimated for current fiscal year, as annualized.
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock
Under “Fees and Expenses, the “Example” table is hereby replaced with the following:
Virtus Duff & Phelps International Equity Fund | Class A  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VIEAX
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.93%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.03%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (1.76%) [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.27% [1]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 697
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,301
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,929
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 3,611
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 697
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 1,301
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,929
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 3,611
Virtus Duff & Phelps International Equity Fund | Class C  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VIECX
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.93%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.78%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (1.76%) [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 2.02% [1]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 305
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 993
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,800
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 3,907
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 205
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 993
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,800
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 3,907
Virtus Duff & Phelps International Equity Fund | Class I  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VIIEX
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.93%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.78%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (1.76%) [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.02% [1]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 104
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 695
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,313
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,981
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 104
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 695
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,313
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 2,981
Virtus Duff & Phelps International Equity Fund | Class T  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VIETX
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.93% [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.03%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (1.76%) [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.27% [1]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 376
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,001
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,651
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 3,391
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 376
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 1,001
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,651
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 3,391
[1] The fund's investment adviser has contractually agreed to limit the fund's total operating expenses (excluding certain expenses, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges, taxes, leverage expenses, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, unusual or infrequently occurring expenses (such as litigation), acquired fund fees and expenses, and dividend expenses, if any) so that such expenses do not exceed 1.27% for Class A Shares, 2.02% for Class C Shares, 1.02% for Class I Shares and 1.27% for Class T Shares through January 31, 2019. Following the contractual period, the adviser may discontinue these expense reimbursement arrangements at any time. Under certain conditions, the adviser may recapture operating expenses reimbursed under these arrangements for a period of three years following the time such reimbursement occurred.
[2] Estimated for current fiscal year, as annualized.