- StoneX Financial reiterated a Buy rating and $170 price target for Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD), suggesting significant upside from recent trading levels.
- Robinhood is expanding its platform with Robinhood Agents, Agent Apps, crypto perpetual futures, earnings contracts, and social investing features.
- The company plans to offer 24/7 trading for select equities and expand options trading hours for popular symbols, aiming to increase user engagement and trading activity.
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) is a financial technology company known for app-based stock, ETF, options, crypto, and futures trading. Following Robinhood’s two-day HOOD Summit in Houston, StoneX Financial reiterated its Buy rating and $170 price target on the stock, according to Investing.com.
At HOOD Summit 2026, Robinhood announced several new products designed to broaden its platform and attract more active traders. These include Robinhood Agents, Agent Apps, crypto perpetual futures, earnings contracts, and new social investing tools. Robinhood said these features are part of its effort to become a larger destination for active trading and financial engagement, according to the company’s HOOD Summit announcement.
Robinhood Agents will allow users to build AI-powered agents inside the app to research markets, develop strategies, and trade within user-defined controls. Agent Apps will add premium data and tools from third-party providers, giving users access to more advanced research and trading features.
The company also plans to expand equity trading from its current 24-hour, five-day-a-week model to 24/7 trading for select U.S. stocks and ETFs, pending regulatory review. Weekend trading will initially include a curated list of securities and will be powered by Bruce ATS.
Starting in October, Robinhood also expects to expand options trading hours for popular symbols, including Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), SPY (NYSE Arca: SPY), and QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQ). Options trading will begin at 7:30 a.m. ET and run until 4:15 p.m. ET, representing a 35% increase in available trading hours.
These new products could support higher trading activity, subscriptions, and platform engagement. However, the impact on revenue will depend on customer adoption, regulatory approvals, and how actively users engage with the expanded trading tools.
