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Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Virtu Financial, Inc.

VIRT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Virtu Financial acts as a market maker and an execution broker, buying and selling securities on its own account across equities, ETFs, fixed income, currencies and commodities. A separate execution-services arm offers agency trading, workflow technology, trading analytics, and pre- and post-trade tools such as compliance and data products for institutions, banks and broker-dealers. Its counterparties include exchanges, alternative trading systems and other market centres that route flow through its systems. The firm is headquartered in New York and was founded in 2008.
Where it sits in the stack
Virtu carries no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices; it sits in the capital-markets sleeve of our universe, under financial services, as a liquidity provider and execution venue rather than a participant in the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no defined peer group for Virtu; the comparison the market draws is with Citadel Securities, another large electronic market maker.
Why Closelook tracks it
Virtu holds a seat in the Russell 1000, a broad US equity index, but carries no Closelook score, so our module scoring for it has not yet been built. It has not appeared in any diary edition or quote so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches trading volumes and volatility across the asset classes Virtu trades, since its market-making revenue depends on flow and spreads rather than on directional positions.

Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for VIRT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Capital Markets · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Capital Markets · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against VIRT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.68%, quarterly · last 0.24 USD on 2026-09-01

Dividends and capital return

What VIRT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.96 USD per share · a 1.68% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.96 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.24 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-01
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.24 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.96 USD · 2025: 0.96 USD · 2026: 0.72 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT)?

Virtu Financial, Inc. trades as VIRT on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is VIRT in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Virtu Financial, Inc. is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does VIRT trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -5.5% vs the 50-day and +18.1% vs the 200-day average, 16.6% below the 52-week high and +83.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Virtu Financial, Inc. do?

Virtu Financial acts as a market maker and an execution broker, buying and selling securities on its own account across equities, ETFs, fixed income, currencies and commodities. A separate execution-services arm offers agency trading, workflow technology, trading analytics, and pre- and post-trade tools such as compliance and data products for institutions, banks and broker-dealers. Its counterparties include exchanges, alternative trading systems and other market centres that route flow through its systems. The diary holds no defined peer group for Virtu; the comparison the market draws is with Citadel Securities, another large electronic market maker.

Where does Virtu Financial, Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Virtu carries no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices; it sits in the capital-markets sleeve of our universe, under financial services, as a liquidity provider and execution venue rather than a participant in the AI build-out stack. Virtu holds a seat in the Russell 1000, a broad US equity index, but carries no Closelook score, so our module scoring for it has not yet been built. It has not appeared in any diary edition or quote so far.

Does Virtu Financial, Inc. pay a dividend?

Virtu Financial, Inc. has paid 0.96 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.68% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.24 USD on 2026-09-01. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VIRT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Capital Markets. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.