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17:00
Sep 09
Sep 09
Market makers carry underappreciated blow-up risk.
Ram argues that complex market-making businesses carry blow-up risk that venture investors often fail to understand, citing Knight Capital's fat-finger blow-up and noting Virtu Financial trades at only 10 times earnings because the market accounts for this risk; this makes him cautious on such businesses as investment opportunities.
MED
16:55
Aug 20
Aug 20
Virtu Financial is reportedly considering a potential sale of its agency brokerage.
Virtu Financial is reportedly considering a potential sale of its agency brokerage and technology division according to the news wire report.
13:47
Aug 20
Aug 20
Virtu Financial is reportedly exploring a sale of its brokerage unit valued at over three.
Virtu Financial is reportedly exploring a sale of its brokerage unit valued at over three and a half billion dollars.
13:24
Jul 02
Jul 02
Goldman raised price target on Virtu Financial to $63, positive analyst signal.
LOW
18:27
Jun 18
Jun 18
Virtu Financial plays market making trend.
Virtu Financial is the only publicly traded way to get exposure to high-frequency trading and market making, a business that generates strong returns as shown by private peer Jane Street. The stock has already run from the 30s to $62, reflecting the powerful trend in market volumes and volatility. The executive management is well-regarded and the business model is uniquely positioned in the financial ecosystem.
HIGH
14:30
Apr 12
Apr 12
Avoid initiating new positions in VIRT as the stock has already rallied over 40% in the last.
Avoid initiating new positions in VIRT as the stock has already rallied over 40% in the last three months, making the entry too late.
MED
13:53
Apr 12
Apr 12
Long market makers like VIRT as they directly profit from increased market volatility driven.
Long market makers like VIRT as they directly profit from increased market volatility driven by major geopolitical escalations such as the Strait of Hormuz blockade.
HIGH
11:25
Feb 26
Feb 26
VIRT is not cheap; tactical macro trade, not core.
Author says VIRT screens around the 67th residual percentile and is not cheap, making it more suitable as a tactical macro-regime mean-reversion/scalping trade than a buy-and-hold core allocation. The mechanism is regime-dependent valuation and volatility/liquidity cycle exposure. Main risk is that its value fluctuates heavily with the macro regime.
HIGH
11:24
Feb 26
Feb 26
Macro-regime tactical trade, not buy-and-hold
Author says VIRT is not cheap, around the 67th residual percentile, and its valuation is unusually explainable by macro variables, so it is not a buy-and-hold core allocation. Instead, he frames it as a medium-term mean-reversion/scalping vehicle that depends on the macro regime. Main stated risk is regime dependence: its value fluctuates heavily with macro variables, making it unsuitable as a core holding.
HIGH
02:31
Feb 11
Feb 11
Watch VIRT for positive Robinhood read-throughs
Watch VIRT for positive read-throughs from Robinhood's options share shift and active-trader feature catch-up.
MED
13:30
Feb 05
Feb 05
Virtu Financial's transfer to NYSE is a win for ICE's exchange listings business.
HIGH
01:44
Nov 05
Nov 05
Holding VIRT — beat EPS $1.05 vs $0.97-$1.04 and rev $467M vs $418-449M.
Holding VIRT — beat EPS $1.05 vs $0.97-$1.04 and rev $467M vs $418-449M, but stock sold off to ~7.5 P/E. Sees it as another UPWK (undervalued, buybacks).
MED
23:07
Oct 18
Oct 18
Trimmed VIRT calls for tax harvest but still directionally right; hedge worked but lost a bit.
MED
17:22
Oct 12
Oct 12
$VIRT a buy at $33 — undervalued and good hedge, will show up in earnings.
MED
23:24
Oct 06
Oct 06
Long $VIRT as undervalued hedge: very profitable in extended volatility periods.
Long $VIRT as undervalued hedge: very profitable in extended volatility periods, handles ~25% of retail flows, low forward P/E; market is wrong even if VIX isn't high.
HIGH
22:29
Oct 06
Oct 06
$VIRT great buy at $32.5; asymmetric hedge to VIX; undervalued ~6.3 forward P/E with buybacks.
$VIRT great buy at $32.5; asymmetric hedge to VIX; undervalued ~6.3 forward P/E with buybacks; cost averaging.
HIGH
23:26
Oct 04
Oct 04
$VIRT still extremely undervalued; ideal hedge in case markets tank.
$VIRT still extremely undervalued; ideal hedge in case markets tank; volatility highly correlated.
HIGH
01:22
Oct 04
Oct 04
Buy $VIRT: trading at 6.4 forward P/E; VIX doesn't look going down anytime soon.
MED
19:19
Oct 03
Oct 03
Long $VIRT as asymmetric hedge against growth stocks; undervalued; will cost average.
Long $VIRT as asymmetric hedge against growth stocks; undervalued; will cost average, thesis hasn't changed.
HIGH
16:34
Oct 03
Oct 03
Cost averaging $VIRT (down 30%): fundamentally undervalued with 300M in buybacks; MM shorting.
HIGH
00:49
Oct 01
Oct 01
Asymmetric hedge against shutdown volatility; flagged $VIRT as a volatility-benefit name to buy.
Asymmetric hedge against shutdown volatility; flagged $VIRT as a volatility-benefit name to buy into government-shutdown-induced dips.
MED
21:20
Sep 29
Sep 29
$VIRT another off-the-radar long; finds names people don't touch like ETOR/VIRT play out well.
$VIRT another off-the-radar long; finds names people don't touch like ETOR/VIRT play out well; framing as differentiated trade.
MED
21:06
Sep 29
Sep 29
Extremely Strong Buy $VIRT: bought ~$70K of Virtu calls.
Extremely Strong Buy $VIRT: bought ~$70K of Virtu calls; 28% IV + 6.6 forward p/e is undervalued.
HIGH
18:28
Sep 29
Sep 29
Feels similar undervaluation on $VIRT now, though upside potential less unless using options.
MED
16:56
Sep 29
Sep 29
Long VIRT via options on low-IV thesis; shares safer but options give 40%+ asymmetry.
Long VIRT via options on low-IV thesis; shares safer but options give 40%+ asymmetry — risk/reward attractive after closer look.
HIGH
16:42
Sep 29
Sep 29
Increased $VIRT position to ~$65k OTM calls — 29% IV on higher strikes a great entry.
HIGH
16:14
Sep 29
Sep 29
Value-investor framing: $VIRT at 6.6 p/e on $5B market cap with $300M+ buybacks is more.
Value-investor framing: $VIRT at 6.6 p/e on $5B market cap with $300M+ buybacks is more attractive than $NVO at 13.8 p/e.
HIGH
16:09
Sep 29
Sep 29
VIRT EPS impact from rate cuts only ~2.8% drag; trading sub-7 p/e with $300M+ buybacks on $5B.
VIRT EPS impact from rate cuts only ~2.8% drag; trading sub-7 p/e with $300M+ buybacks on $5B mkt cap — wait for volatility to return.
HIGH
15:07
Sep 29
Sep 29
$VIRT at 6.6ish forward p/e: market mispriced rate-cut benefit (floating debt actually boosts.
$VIRT at 6.6ish forward p/e: market mispriced rate-cut benefit (floating debt actually boosts EPS); sees it as undervalued.
HIGH
About VIRT Investor Commentary
Across the available history and selected sources, Buzzberg tracks VIRT (Virtu Financial, Inc. Class A) across 10 sources: 21 bullish vs 0 bearish calls from 9 authors. Historical directional balance: 68% = 100 × (bullish − bearish) / all deduplicated idea records, including other directions. This is neither a probability of a price rise nor the share of bullish authors. 31 total trade ideas tracked. Latest voices: Ram Ahluwalia, Bloomberg, FirstSquawk.