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Robinhood Launches AI Trading Agents for 29 Million Customers

By Drooid · Sep 30, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC · How we work

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Robinhood Launches AI Agents

Robinhood launches AI trading agents for its 29 million customers.
Customers can select OpenAI’s GPT-6 Luna (free until year-end), GPT-6 Sol, or Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 for agents.
More than 150,000 pilot users opened agentic accounts, generating about 30 million daily API calls.
“Loops” let agents monitor markets each morning and trade automatically when conditions trigger.

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Robinhood Gains Trading Volume

Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Bedell cut Robinhood’s price target to $134 from $138, maintaining a Buy rating.
Keefe Bruyette raised its target to $115 from $100, citing stronger quarter-to-date equity, options, and crypto volumes.
Equity notional trading volume reached about $267 billion through Sept. 24, with roughly 234 million options contracts.
Crypto notional volume totaled $17 billion, split between $7 billion on Robinhood app and $10 billion on Bitstamp.

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Robinhood Enables Weekend Trading

Robinhood will route weekend equity orders through Bruce Markets, an alternative trading system.
The weekend-trading feature remains pending SEC regulatory approval.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins warned thin liquidity could impair price quality during non-traditional hours.
Bruce Markets received a capital injection from Robinhood and majority owner Peak6 Investments.
Charles Schwab, Interactive Brokers and Fidelity are also adding 24-hour trading tools.

History

Historical Context

Instinet, founded in 1969 by Jerome Pustilnik and Herbert Behrens, introduced the first electronic inter-dealer network, a development echoed by the SEC’s 1975 amendments that promoted electronic market linking. The platform expanded internationally in 1992, reaching over 20 markets by 1998, and merged with Island ECN in 2002, shaping today’s 24-hour AI-driven trading models.

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Robinhood Launches AI Agents

Robinhood launches AI trading agents for its 29 million customers.
Customers can select OpenAI’s GPT-6 Luna (free until year-end), GPT-6 Sol, or Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 for agents.
More than 150,000 pilot users opened agentic accounts, generating about 30 million daily API calls.
“Loops” let agents monitor markets each morning and trade automatically when conditions trigger.

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