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Related Party - Additional Information (Detail) (J P M, USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
1 Months Ended 2 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2012
Feb. 28, 2012
J P M
   
Disclosure - Related Party - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]    
Public offering common stock shares 3,597,333us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= mktx_JPMMember
 
Non-voting common stock repurchased 1,821,730us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= mktx_JPMMember
 
Revenue generated by related party   $ 1.6us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= mktx_JPMMember