Robinhood Markets unveiled a broad lineup of new products at HOOD Summit 2026, including embedded AI trading agents, plans for 24/7 U.S. equity trading, perpetual crypto futures, company-specific earnings contracts, higher intraday margin, and expanded tools for active traders.
The centerpiece is Robinhood Agents, an AI experience built directly into the Robinhood app that can research markets, analyze portfolios, develop strategies, and place trades based on instructions and limits set by customers.
The launch follows Robinhood’s introduction of agentic trading in May, which allowed technically sophisticated customers to connect third-party AI agents to Robinhood. Since then, more than 150,000 customers have opened agentic trading accounts, and agents are using Robinhood’s tools nearly 30 million times per day, according to the company.
Robinhood Agents is intended to make those capabilities accessible without requiring users to configure their own external AI infrastructure.
Customers can name an agent, open a dedicated agentic trading account, and select a model from several AI providers, including OpenAI. Robinhood said usage with OpenAI GPT-Luna will be free through the end of 2026.
Agents can operate only with funds held in the dedicated agentic account.
A trade-approval setting is enabled by default, requiring customers to manually approve each transaction. Users can disable that setting, after which an agent can execute orders without approval for every trade.
Robinhood is also developing Loops, which turn trading strategies into standing instructions that agents can repeatedly execute around the clock.
A Loop could, for example, check markets each morning and trade when specified conditions occur or continuously monitor overnight markets for opportunities.
Once activated with the appropriate settings, Loops can run in the background and may place, modify, or cancel trades while the user is away from the device. Robinhood emphasized that customers remain responsible for the automation rules they configure and can pause or disable a Loop at any time.
The company is extending those capabilities through Robinhood Agent Apps, which let customers add premium data and specialized tools from outside providers to their agents.
The initial lineup includes Unusual Whales, Nasdaq, SpotGamma, Wendy, Quiver Quantitative, Token Terminal, Visual Crossing, SkyFi, Narravance, Carbon Arc, and Fiscal.ai.
Among the offerings are real-time options activity from Unusual Whales for $30 per month, Nasdaq investor intelligence for $10 per month, SpotGamma options analytics for $10, Wendy’s market interpretation tools for $10, Quiver Quantitative government activity tracking for $10, Token Terminal crypto fundamentals for $10, Visual Crossing weather intelligence for $5, SkyFi satellite intelligence for $10, and Narravance’s ChatterFlow Viral Stocks Detector for $8. Carbon Arc and Fiscal.ai are expected to follow. All apps will initially include a one-month free trial.
Robinhood Agents and Agent Apps are planned for eligible U.S. customers.
Another major announcement is the planned expansion of Robinhood’s trading hours to 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a selection of U.S. stocks and ETFs, pending regulatory review.
Robinhood already operates its 24 Hour Market from Sunday evening through Friday evening. The new service would extend access through the weekend, allowing customers to react to news released on Saturdays and Sundays rather than waiting until traditional markets reopen.
Weekend trading will initially cover a curated selection of stocks and ETFs across all account types and will be powered by Bruce ATS, an alternative trading system operated by Bruce Markets.
Robinhood is also expanding into perpetual futures for eligible U.S. customers.
Customers can take long or short positions on BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, LINK, and HYPE without expiration dates.
The company plans to offer up to 10x leverage on Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual futures and up to 3x leverage on the other supported assets.
Robinhood Derivatives will offer the products through Bitstamp. Robinhood said it will charge one basis point per trade, or 0.01%, through the end of 2026. Customers will also receive stop-loss and take-profit functionality, real-time liquidation price tracking, and risk alerts.
Robinhood is simultaneously launching earnings contracts through its prediction markets hub ahead of the third-quarter earnings season.
The products are binary KPI options made available through Cboe and allow eligible customers to trade on specific corporate outcomes, such as whether a company exceeds an earnings threshold, reaches a revenue target, or reports another specified financial metric.
The contracts require options approval and are expected to begin rolling out in the coming weeks. Robinhood and Cboe will not charge contract fees on the products through the end of 2026, subject to regulatory review.
Each binary KPI option has a maximum payout of $1, and settlement is based on whether a financial or operating metric reported by the company in an earnings-related SEC filing satisfies the applicable condition rather than on the company’s share price.
Robinhood also moved Robinhood Social out of beta for eligible U.S. customers, adding the ability to share stock and crypto charts, portfolio allocations, and profit-and-loss information.
A new live earnings experience will allow users to watch earnings calls and trade while they are taking place. Robinhood also plans to introduce verified market commentators and bring Social into its Legend active-trading platform as a widget.
Additional trading upgrades include extended options trading hours beginning in October, with trading starting at 7:30 a.m. and continuing through 4:15 p.m. for Robinhood’s most popular symbols.
The company said this represents a 35% increase in available options trading hours.
Robinhood is also adding one-cancels-the-other orders for equities in October, with options support expected in early 2027. These orders allow customers to place linked take-profit and stop-loss instructions so execution of one automatically cancels the other.
Beginning in October, eligible margin customers will also be able to opt into as much as 4x intraday buying power, up from 2x currently.
Robinhood emphasized that the increased leverage applies during market hours and can magnify both gains and losses.
The company is additionally expanding support for foldable iOS and Android devices, iPads, and Android tablets, while upgrading its Legend desktop platform so customers can run third-party agents through the Robinhood Trading MCP and eventually build customized trading indicators using natural language.
Robinhood said it has also rebuilt portions of its underlying technology through an initiative called Helios, which is designed to improve chart performance, responsiveness in Legend, and predictive loading on mobile devices.
The announcements substantially broaden Robinhood’s active-trading platform, combining AI automation, alternative data, around-the-clock market access, derivatives, prediction-style earnings products, and higher leverage within the same ecosystem.
KEY QUOTES:
“Ownership doesn’t work without markets, and markets don’t work without traders. We’re making Robinhood the best place in the world for active traders by delivering tools once reserved for hedge funds, big banks, and quant firms.”
Vlad Tenev, CEO Of Robinhood
“With safety and security at its core, we’re setting the standard for what agentic finance can be. Whether you’re an expert or are just getting started with AI, you’re at a disadvantage if you’re not using Robinhood.”
Abhishek Fatehpuria, Vice President Of Product Management At Robinhood
“Breaking news doesn’t wait for an opening bell. With the upcoming launch of weekend trading, we’re making sure our customers won’t have to either, no matter what day it is.”
Steve Quirk, Chief Brokerage Officer Of Robinhood
