Earnings per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Earnings per Share

Schedule of reconciliation of net income before noncontrolling interest to net income available for common stockholders

	For the Year ended December 31
(in thousands)	2015
Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interest	$	215,929
Provision for income taxes		18,439
Net income		197,490
Net income allocable to members of Virtu Financial (for the period January 1, 2015 through April 15, 2015)		(83,147)
Noncontrolling interest subsequent to April 15, 2015		(93,456)
Net income available for common stockholders	$	20,887

Schedule of basic earnings per share

	For the Year Ended December 31
(in thousands, except for share or per share data)	2015
Basic earnings per share:
Net income available for common stockholders	$	20,887
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:
Class A		34,964,312
Basic Earnings per share	$	0.60

Schedule of diluted earnings per share

	For the Year Ended December 31
(in thousands, except for share or per share data)	2015
Diluted earnings per share:
Net income available for common stockholders	$	20,887
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:
Class A
Issued and outstanding		34,964,312
Issuable pursuant to 2015 Management Incentive Plan		375,273
		35,339,585
Diluted Earnings per share	$	0.59