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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jan. 31, 2015
Jul. 31, 2013
Jan. 31, 2013
Dec. 27, 2012
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Common stock, shares authorized   110,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 110,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized          
Common stock entitles   One            
Cost of non-voting common stock repurchased   $ 37,974,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue   $ 75,133,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue        
Conversion of non voting common stock to voting common stock 763,924mktx_StockRepurchasedProgramSharesNonvotingCommonStockConvertedIntoVotingCommonStock              
Shares repurchase program authorized           65,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 35,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1  
Common stock shares repurchased   646,185us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired            
Cost of common stock shares repurchased   38,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod            
Shares repurchase program expiration date   Dec. 31, 2015            
Special dividend paid               $ 1.30mktx_SpecialDividendPaidAmountPerShare
Cash dividends declared per common share   $ 0.64us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.52us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 1.74us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared        
Quarterly dividends payable, date to be paid   Feb. 26, 2015            
Quarterly dividends payable, date of record   Feb. 12, 2015            
Subsequent Event [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Cash dividends declared per common share         $ 0.20us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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Common Stock Non-Voting [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Common stock, shares authorized   10,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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= us-gaap_NonvotingCommonStockMember
10,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_NonvotingCommonStockMember
         
Non-voting common stock repurchased 1,821,730us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares
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= us-gaap_NonvotingCommonStockMember
             
Cost of non-voting common stock repurchased 52,900,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue
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= us-gaap_NonvotingCommonStockMember
    $ 7,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue
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= us-gaap_NonvotingCommonStockMember
       
Common Stock Voting [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Common stock, shares authorized   110,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember