Robinhood launches AI auto-trading, users bear the losses
The retail broker folds AI-driven order execution into its main app; per-trade confirmation is on by default but can be switched off, and the company has no returns data yet.
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At its annual event on September 29, Robinhood unveiled Robinhood Agents, an in-app AI assistant that can monitor markets and execute trades on its own.
Each trade requires user confirmation by default, but users can switch that off and let the AI trade autonomously; the agent can only use funds moved into a separate agent account. The company warns that users bear the consequences of every trade the AI makes.
Initial models come from Anthropic and OpenAI, with one OpenAI model free for the rest of 2026. Robinhood says roughly 150,000 users have opened agent trading accounts since external agent access opened in May, but it has not yet compared their returns with those of other users.