Robinhood unleashes stock trading agents for consumer accounts

Major brokerages already use AI, and now it is coming to consumers. (Picture: Robinhood)
The stock trading platform is announcing agent-based accounts that will trade stocks based on different profiles, and also launched a credit card for them to use online.

— Our mission has always been to democratize finance for all, and now, that mission extends to AI agents, CEO Vlad Tenev said, according to CNBC.

The company says the service is designed with a safety-first mindset, meaning you retain control over trades and purchases by requiring approval first, and get notifications for every transaction.

It works by setting up a dedicated trading account for your agent, separate from your main portfolio. Then you can transfer funds and let the agent trade based on strategies you set out.

It is not the first such agentic framework, there are already specialized stock trading agents from public.com and there’s TradingAgents, but it is for a major player.

Read more: Robinhood’s announcement, CNBC, TechCrunch, and The Verge.