Virtu Financial, Inc. ( NASDAQ:VIRT ) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next four days. The ex-dividend date is usually set to be one business day before the record date which is the cut-off date on which you must be present on the company's books as a shareholder in order to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is important because any transaction on a stock needs to have been settled before the record date in order to be eligible for a dividend. Therefore, if you purchase Virtu Financial's shares on or after the 30th of November, you won't be eligible to receive the dividend, when it is paid on the 15th of December.