Robinhood Markets Unveils 24/7 Trading, Perpetual Futures and AI Agents
The brokerage said 150,000 agentic accounts have been created and will add leveraged crypto futures, earnings bets and weekend stock trading.
- On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, Robinhood unveiled AI-powered trading agents, weekend stock trading, and cryptocurrency perpetual futures at its HOOD Summit in Houston, marking an aggressive expansion of active trader tools.
- The expansion addresses growing industry demand for 24-hour market access. SEC Chair Paul Atkins noted earlier this month that waiting until Monday to trade can lead to "missed opportunities or additional risk, especially these days."
- Robinhood Agents allows users to select models from OpenAI or Anthropic to execute trades and monitor markets. More than 150,000 agentic accounts have been created since the infrastructure opened earlier this year.
- Eligible U.S. customers can access perpetual futures through Robinhood Derivatives, while weekend stock trading will utilize the Bruce ATS infrastructure, pending regulatory review.
- Vice president of product management Abhishek Fatehpuria said the firm's focus is "making Robinhood the best place for active traders by giving them the tools that are typically reserved for hedge funds, quants and a lot of big active trading firms.
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