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Robinhood is launching AI trading agents and weekend stock trading for active traders

The brokerage also unveiled perpetual futures and earnings contracts at its annual HOOD Summit event in Houston

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Robinhood Markets unveiled a set of new trading products Tuesday at its HOOD Summit conference in Houston, including an in-app AI agent that can research markets and place trades automatically, 24/7 weekend equities trading, perpetual futures, and earnings contracts.

The headline product is Robinhood Agents, a native AI tool embedded in the app through which customers can construct agents capable of forming strategies, researching markets, and placing trades on their behalf. Users select a large language model — including options from OpenAI — assign a name to their agent, and open a dedicated account. The agent can only access funds held in that........

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