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Virtu Financial Review
Virtu Financial is a US market maker listed on Nasdaq as VIRT. It trades its own capital and offers execution services to institutions, not retail forex or CFD accounts.
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- Publicly traded on Nasdaq as VIRT with audited financial reports every quarter
- Virtu Americas LLC is SEC registered and a FINRA member, CRD number 149823
- Large, established firm built through the KCG and ITG acquisitions
- Reported 2.88 billion dollars in revenue for 2024, per its own filings
Cons
- Not a retail forex or CFD broker, individuals cannot open a trading account
- Paid a 2.5 million dollar SEC penalty in December 2025 over customer data controls
- The SEC case said staff could access confidential trade data for over a year
- No minimum deposit, spread, or retail platform data exists to compare
Virtu Financial is a market maker and trading technology firm founded in 2008 by Vincent Viola, Douglas Cifu, and Graham Free. It went public on Nasdaq in 2015 under the ticker VIRT. The company grew large through two big deals, buying KCG Holdings for about 1.4 billion dollars in 2017 and Investment Technology Group for about 1.0 billion dollars in 2019.
Virtu is not a retail forex broker. It trades its own capital and provides execution tools to banks, funds, and other institutions. Its key US unit, Virtu Americas LLC, is registered with the SEC and is a FINRA member, CRD number 149823. Virtu reported 2.88 billion dollars in revenue for 2024.
In December 2025, Virtu settled an SEC case tied to 2018 and 2019. Regulators said weak information barriers let staff see confidential customer trade data, including names and prices. Virtu paid a 2.5 million dollar penalty. A separate SEC claim about misleading statements was dismissed with prejudice.
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