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Document Type dei_DocumentType 485BPOS
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Sep. 30, 2014
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 Nov. 12, 2014
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate Nov. 13, 2014
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Jan. 31, 2014
Virtus International Small-Cap Fund
  
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Supplement [Text Block] vot_SupplementTextBlock

Virtus Dynamic AlphaSector® Fund,

Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund,

Virtus International Small Cap Fund,

Virtus Multi-Sector Intermediate Bond Fund,

Virtus Premium AlphaSector® Fund,

Virtus Real Estate Securities Fund,

each a series of Virtus Opportunities Trust

 

Supplement dated November 12, 2014 to the Summary and

Statutory Prospectuses dated January 31, 2014

 

Important Notice to Investors

 

Effective November 12, 2014, Virtus Dynamic AlphaSector® Fund, Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund, Virtus International Small-Cap Fund, Virtus Multi-Sector Intermediate Bond Fund, Virtus Premium AlphaSector® Fund and Virtus Real Estate Securities Fund began offering Class R6 Shares, in addition to the share classes already offered by each fund. Accordingly, each fund’s prospectuses are hereby amended to add the following disclosures.

 

All Funds

 

The fund and ticker symbol table on the front cover of the statutory prospectus is hereby revised to add a column entitled “Class R6 Shares” and to include the ticker symbol VDARX in the row for Virtus Dynamic AlphaSector Fund, VFOPX in the row for Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund, VRISX in the row for Virtus International Small-Cap Fund, VMFRX in the row for Virtus Multi-Sector Intermediate Bond Fund, VRPAX in the row for Virtus Premium AlphaSector Fund and VRREX in the row for Virtus Real Estate Securities Fund and leaving blank the new Class R6 column in each of the rows for the other funds named in the table.
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Virtus International Small-Cap Fund
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The tables under “Fees and Expenses” in the fund’s summary prospectus and the summary section of the statutory prospectus are hereby revised to add the Class R6 column as shown below:
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
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)
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading
The Example table is hereby revised to add the Class R6 row as shown below:
Virtus International Small-Cap Fund | Class R6
  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VRISX
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption proceeds) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Total Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.15% [1]
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.17%
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 220
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 679
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,164
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,503
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 220
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 679
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,164
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 2,503
[1] Estimated for current fiscal year, as annualized.