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Document Type dei_DocumentType 485BPOS
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Sep. 30, 2015
Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName VIRTUS OPPORTUNITIES TRUST
Central Index Key dei_EntityCentralIndexKey 0001005020
Amendment Flag dei_AmendmentFlag false
Document Creation Date dei_DocumentCreationDate Nov. 01, 2016
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate Nov. 01, 2016
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Jan. 28, 2016
Virtus Global Real Estate Securities Fund  
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Virtus Global Real Estate Securities Fund
Supplement [Text Block] vot_SupplementTextBlock

Virtus Global Real Estate Securities Fund,

a series of Virtus Opportunities Trust

 

Supplement dated November 1, 2016 to the Summary Prospectus dated January 28, 2016, as supplemented,

and the Virtus Opportunities Trust Statutory Prospectus, dated January 28, 2016, as supplemented

 

Important Notice to Investors

 

As of November 1, 2016, Virtus Global Real Estate Securities Fund is offering Class R6 Shares, in addition to the share classes already offered by the fund. Accordingly, the fund’s prospectuses are hereby amended to add the following disclosure.

 

The cover page of the statutory prospectus is hereby revised by replacing the row showing ticker symbols for the fund’s share classes with the row shown below:

 

    A   B   C   I   R6   T
Virtus Global Real Estate Securities Fund   VGSAX       VGSCX   VGISX   VRGEX    
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock
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 and to revise the associated footnotes as shown below:
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption
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)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination January 31, 2017
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates
Estimated for current fiscal year, as annualized.
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesBasedOnEstimates
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets appearing in the Financial Highlights tables, which tables reflect only the operating expenses of the fund and do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock
The Example table is hereby revised to add the Class R6 row as shown below:
Virtus Global Real Estate Securities Fund | Class A  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VGSAX
Virtus Global Real Estate Securities Fund | Class C  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VGSCX
Virtus Global Real Estate Securities Fund | Class I  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VGISX
Virtus Global Real Estate Securities Fund | Class R6  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VRGEX
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption proceeds) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Management Fee rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.29% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.14% [2]
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.10%) [3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.04% [2],[3]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 106
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 352
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 618
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,377
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 106
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 352
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 618
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 1,377
[1] Estimated for current fiscal year, as annualized.
[2] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets appearing in the Financial Highlights tables, which tables reflect only the operating expenses of the fund and do not include acquired fund fees and expenses.
[3] The fund's investment adviser has contractually agreed to limit the fund's total operating expenses (excluding dividend and interest expenses, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses) so that such expenses do not exceed 1.40% for Class A Shares, 2.15% for Class C Shares, 1.15% for Class I Shares and 1.04% for Class R6 Shares through January 31, 2017. 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.