Robinhood is preparing to roll out three new features aimed at expanding when and how its users can trade: perpetual futures, weekend stock trading for U.S. customers, and a tool called Robinhood Agents that lets users build their own AI agents inside the app.
The company hasn't given a launch date for any of the three, and it's not saying which assets the perpetual futures will track or how the weekend sessions will be structured. What's clear is that the brokerage is pushing into products that blur the line between traditional investing and the always-on crypto markets it already serves.
Perpetual futures, a crypto-native product
Perpetual futures — perps, in market shorthand — are contracts that track an underlying asset's price without an expiry date. They're a staple of offshore crypto exchanges because they let traders keep a position open indefinitely, funding it through periodic payments between longs and shorts. U.S. regulated venues have largely avoided them, which makes Robinhood's plan a notable step for a broker that already offers crypto trading alongside stocks and options.
The company hasn't said whether the perps would be listed on a U.S. platform, an offshore entity, or through a partner. That detail matters: U.S. derivatives regulators have taken a wary view of perpetual contracts, and how Robinhood chooses to structure the offering will determine which rules it has to satisfy.
Weekend stock trading for U.S. users
Weekend stock trading would let U.S. users place orders on Saturdays and Sundays, outside the standard Monday-to-Friday schedule. The mechanics aren't public — whether orders would execute against a venue that operates around the clock, get queued for Monday's open, or rely on some other arrangement.
It's a narrower move than it first sounds. Even if the app accepts orders on weekends, the underlying U.S. equity market is closed, and prices shown during those hours may not reflect what a stock will actually trade at when the regular session begins. Robinhood hasn't said how it plans to handle pricing or execution. The feature is aimed at U.S. users specifically, with no mention of other markets.
Robinhood Agents puts AI building blocks in users' hands
The third piece is Robinhood Agents, a feature that lets users build their own AI agents within the app. The company hasn't described what those agents can do, what data they can access, or whether they can place trades on a user's behalf. The name suggests a do-it-yourself approach rather than a single built-in assistant — users construct the agents themselves, presumably from components Robinhood provides.
Without more detail, it's hard to say whether Agents is a trading tool, a research helper, or something closer to a customization layer. Robinhood isn't commenting beyond confirming the feature is coming.
What to watch for
Perps, weekend trading, and DIY AI agents are three very different bets. Perps go after crypto-native traders who want leverage without an expiry clock. Weekend trading targets users who want to react to news when the market is shut. Agents leans into the broader AI build-out that's swept consumer finance over the past two years.
Each carries its own regulatory and operational questions, and none has a public launch date. The next concrete signal will be whether Robinhood names a venue for the perpetual contracts or a timeline for weekend sessions — both of which would tell users how close any of this is to actually shipping.
