Robinhood to launch perps, weekend stock trading for US users

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Robinhood to launch perps, weekend stock trading for US users

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Robinhood announces the launch of perpetual futures and weekend stock trading for U.S. users, expanding its product suite alongside the new Robinhood Agents feature that lets customers create custom AI‑driven trading assistants within the app; the move aims to boost user engagement, capture after‑hours liquidity and position the platform competitively in the evolving crypto‑stock hybrid market.

The trading platform also introduced Robinhood Agents, which allows users to build their own AI agents within the app.