Robinhood Unveils AI Trading Agents and Perpetual Futures Expansion

Rubenhood has unveiled its most ambitious suite of trading products targeting active market participants. The fintech company's flagship announcement is Robinhood Agents, an artificial intelligence-powered feature integrated directly into the platform.

The AI system performs market analysis, constructs trading strategies, and executes orders autonomously without requiring user intervention. Over 150,000 users currently utilize agentic trading capabilities, with AI agents accessing Robinhood’s platform approximately 30 million times daily.

Robinhood is introducing perpetual futures contracts, commonly known as perps, to qualified U.S. account holders. These cryptocurrency derivatives have no expiration date and represent the majority of worldwide crypto trading activity. Users will access leverage up to 10x for bitcoin and ethereum, and 3x for alternative tokens including SOL, XRP, and DOGE.

The platform is scheduled to launch weekend stock trading, earnings prediction contracts, and expanded options trading windows starting next month. Qualified margin account holders will also receive 4x intraday buying power in October, doubling the current 2x limit.