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Document Type dei_DocumentType 497
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 Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund  
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Virtus Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund
Supplement [Text Block] vot_SupplementTextBlock

Virtus Emerging Markets Equity Income 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
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock
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 are hereby 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, 2017
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees
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
Under “Fees and Expenses, the “Example” table is hereby replaced with the following:
Virtus Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund | Class A  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VEIAX
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.05%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.46%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.78% [1]
Less: Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.16%) [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.62% [1],[2]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 730
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,088
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,470
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,537
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 730
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 1,088
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,470
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 2,537
Virtus Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund | Class C  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VEICX
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.05%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.46%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.53% [1]
Less: Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.16%) [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 2.37% [1],[2]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 340
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 772
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,331
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,854
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 240
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 772
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,331
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 2,854
Virtus Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund | Class I  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol VEIIX
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.05%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.46%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.53% [1]
Less: Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.16%) [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.37% [1],[2]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 139
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 468
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 819
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,810
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 139
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 468
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 819
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 1,810
[1] 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.
[2] 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 1.60% for Class A Shares, 2.35% for Class C Shares and 1.35% for Class I 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.