Robinhood is preparing to launch crypto perpetual futures for eligible US customers, with leverage of up to 10x on Bitcoin and Ether.
The company announced the plan at its HOOD Summit on September 29. The initial lineup will include eight cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, Chainlink and Hyperliquid’s HYPE token.
Bitcoin and Ether contracts will allow up to 10x leverage, while the other six assets will be limited to 3x.
The contracts will have no expiration date, allowing traders to keep positions open as long as they meet margin requirements. Robinhood also plans to provide real-time liquidation price information, risk alerts, stop-loss orders and take-profit orders.
The company said the perpetual contracts will cost 0.01% per trade through the end of 2026. A specific launch date has not yet been announced, with Robinhood saying the product will arrive in the coming months.
Robinhood Derivatives will offer the contracts through Bitstamp infrastructure. Robinhood acquired Bitstamp for $200 million in 2025, bringing the crypto exchange into its broader business.
Robinhood has already used Bitstamp to support perpetual futures for customers outside the US. Its European platform has offered crypto perpetuals with leverage of up to 3x and has since expanded into perpetual contracts linked to assets such as gold, silver, crude oil, ETFs and currencies.
The planned US product will therefore bring a similar derivatives service to American customers, while offering higher leverage limits for Bitcoin and Ether.
The company is also preparing to expand stock trading into weekends.
Robinhood plans to introduce 24/7 trading for a selected group of US stocks and ETFs, with the weekend service expected to begin in early 2027, subject to regulatory review.
The new service will build on Robinhood’s existing 24 Hour Market, which currently allows trading from Sunday evening through Friday evening for hundreds of stocks and ETFs.
Weekend trading will initially focus on a smaller group of securities. Bruce ATS will provide the trading venue for these sessions.
Robinhood is also planning longer trading hours for selected options. Starting in October, certain options will be available from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET.
Eligible margin customers will also be able to opt for up to 4x intraday buying power, compared with the previous 2x limit.
Another major part of Robinhood’s expansion is AI-powered trading.
The company introduced Robinhood Agents, a system that allows eligible users to create AI agents that can research markets, build strategies and execute trades.
Robinhood said more than 150,000 customers have opened agentic trading accounts since its earlier AI-agent service launched in May. The company said those agents are now using Robinhood’s tools nearly 30 million times per day.
Robinhood Agents brings the technology directly into the app. Users can select a supported AI model, create a separate agent account and set trading rules and limits.
Manual approval is enabled by default, and AI agents can only use money held in their dedicated accounts.
Robinhood is also developing a feature called Loops, which will allow users to give agents recurring instructions to monitor markets and trade when specific conditions are met.
The company has emphasized that users remain responsible for the instructions they give their agents and for monitoring their activity. Automated trading still carries the same risk of losses as trades placed manually.
With crypto perpetuals, weekend stock trading and AI-powered trading tools, Robinhood is expanding its platform beyond traditional stock and cryptocurrency trading and bringing more financial products and automated features into one app.
