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Institutions & ETFs · 1 min read

Robinhood Unveils In-App AI Agents and Crypto Perpetual Futures for US Users

The brokerage announced automated trading bots, crypto perpetual contracts with up to 10x leverage, and 24/7 weekend equities trading.

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Key points

  • Robinhood launched in-app AI trading agents with model access from providers like OpenAI and customizable risk controls.
  • Robinhood Derivatives and Bitstamp will offer US perpetual futures with up to 10x leverage on BTC and ETH.
  • The platform plans to expand stock trading to a 24/7 schedule powered by Bruce ATS, pending regulatory review.

Robinhood announced a major expansion of its active trading ecosystem on Sept. 30, unveiling in-app autonomous artificial intelligence agents, crypto perpetual futures for eligible US clients, and weekend equities trading 1. Speaking at the HOOD Summit 2026 in Houston, CEO Vlad Tenev framed the product pipeline as bringing institutional-grade tools to retail traders 1.

The new tool, dubbed Robinhood Agents, lets users configure automated AI models directly inside the application, drawing from providers including OpenAI 1. Users can set strategy parameters, manage manual trade confirmations, and subscribe to specialized third-party data feeds—including Token Terminal crypto metrics and Unusual Whales options data 1. The expansion comes as retail trading automation accelerates across both regulated brokers and unauthorized setups, a trend underscored by recent regulatory scrutiny including when the SEC sued Cryptoaiml and TSAI entities over AI trading scams.

Crypto Perpetuals and 24/7 Equities Trading

For digital asset traders, Robinhood Derivatives announced plans to roll out perpetual futures through Bitstamp in the coming months 1. The contracts will support long and short exposure across assets including $BTC, $ETH, $SOL, $XRP, and $DOGE, featuring up to 10x leverage on Bitcoin and Ether alongside a 0.01% promotional fee structure through the end of the year 1. At the time of writing, $BTC traded at $83,359 while $ETH stood at $2,673.

The platform also revealed pending plans for 24/7 equities trading across weekends via Bruce ATS, alongside binary earnings outcome contracts developed with Cboe 1. The features remain subject to regulatory review and phased rollouts to qualified US accounts 1.

Questions this story raises

Which crypto assets will be available for perpetual futures on Robinhood?
Eligible US customers will be able to trade perpetual futures on BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, LINK, and HYPE, with up to 10x leverage on BTC and ETH and 3x on remaining assets.
How do Robinhood Agents execute trades?
Robinhood Agents operate from dedicated agentic accounts within parameters set by the user, including optional default manual trade approvals and scheduled execution loops.

Sources

  1. [1] Robinhood Puts the Power of Hedge Funds in Every Trader's Pocket — robinhood.com, September 30, 2026

Written by Basis Desk's newsroom system from the primary sources above and machine-verified against them before publication. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: hello@basisdesk.news.

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