Robinhood adds AI agents, perps and weekend trading in push to win active traders
Robinhood is expanding its platform to include AI-driven trading agents, weekend stock trading, and crypto perpetual futures. These features aim to capture the active trader market by offering 24/7 access and advanced financial tools.
Why it matters
This shift signals a broader trend of traditional brokerages adopting crypto-style, round-the-clock trading models to remain competitive with modern retail investor expectations.
On Tuesday, at its HOOD Summit in Houston, Texas, the brokerage unveiled AI agents that can execute trades, crypto perpetual futures with up to 10 times leverage and weekend trading for U.S. stocks. It is also extending options trading hours, offering more intraday margin and adding contracts that let users trade on corporate earnings metrics.
The bet Robinhood is making is that traders want more markets, longer hours and more ways to take risk — and that it can give them those tools without sending them somewhere else.
“One of our top priorities as a company is to be number one for active traders,” vice president of product management, Abhishek Fatehpuria, said in an interview. “We’re not focused on one particular asset class over another.”
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