“Whether experts or beginners, leveraging AI provides a significant advantage, said Abhishek Fatehpuria, Robinhood’s vice president of product management.”
Robinhood has implemented strict guardrails to protect user capital. Every automated trade operates exclusively within the associated account balance; by default, customers must approve each transaction before it executes, though this auto‑approval setting can be disabled upon request.
The company is expanding its offering by adding perpetual futures—highly popular crypto derivatives units sourced primarily from offshore exchanges and representing roughly $200 billion in daily trading volume.
Perpetual futures, commonly referred to as perps, are uncollateralized bets on asset pricing volatility. These instruments settle without expiration dates and account for the vast majority of overall crypto liquidity, often generating over $200 billion in turnover each day.
To participate, traders allocate margin funds that grant them control over positions several times the initial stake. Users select directional exposure—either upward or downward—and Robinhood permits leverage tiers of up to 10× for Bitcoin and Ethereum, and up to 3× for SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, LINK, and HYPE. At such elevated leverage ratios, even small adverse price moves can result in total liquidation.
Perpetual products will be available via Bitstamp, the cryptocurrency exchange Robinhood acquired last year, with commissions set at a flat 0.01% per trade through the remainder of the fiscal year.
These simultaneous rollouts reflect Robinhood’s strategic intent to position itself where active traders operate, combining immediate leverage capability with AI-driven execution that can place bets at any hour, including late‑night sessions such as 2 a.m.
