Robinhood Presents: HOOD Summit ‘26, Engines of Creation
Day 2: The Summit
Livestream Schedule
Access the full lineup of top innovators and industry leaders taking the stage in Houston today.
SCHEDULE
Session 1: 8-8:15AM CT
Welcome to Day 2 of HOOD Summit: Opening Remarks by Chairman & CEO Vlad Tenev and Chief Brokerage Officer Steve Quirk
Kick off HOOD Summit with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and Chief Brokerage Officer Steve Quirk.
In this opening session, Vlad and Q will set the tone for the day—reflecting on key moments from the previous night’s keynote, previewing what’s ahead, and outlining the themes that will shape Day 2 of the Summit.
A fast-paced kickoff designed to get you grounded, aligned, and ready for the day ahead.
Steve Quirk
Chief Brokerage Officer, Robinhood
Vlad Tenev
Chairman & CEO, Robinhood
Session 2: 8:15-9AM CT
The Risk Reversal Podcast, Live -
The Market in 2026: AI, Risk & What Comes Next
A special HOOD Summit edition of the Risk Reversal podcast.
Join CNBC’s Dan Nathan and Guy Adami live on stage as they sit down with an all-star panel featuring Porter Collins and Vincent Daniel—veteran investors best known for their roles in The Big Short—alongside Robinhood’s Chief Investment Officer, Steph Guild.
Together, they’ll break down the biggest forces driving markets right now—from AI and innovation to macro uncertainty, interest rates, and where potential risks are building beneath the surface.
Designed to anchor you in the current market moment, this session will tackle the risks, opportunities, and narratives shaping the rest of 2026—through the lens of seasoned investors who have navigated both booms and crises.
Expect sharp insights, real debate, and the kind of candid, high-signal conversation that’s made Risk Reversal a must-watch for traders.
Guy Adami
Co-Founder, RiskReversal Media
Porter Collins
Founder, Seawolf Capital
Vincent Daniel
Founder, Seawolf Capital
Steph Guild
Chief Investment Officer, Robinhood
Dan Nathan
Co-Founder, RiskReversal Media
Session 3: 9-9:45AM CT
Agentic Trading: From Prompt to Portfolio - Putting Your Agents to Work on Robinhood
What happens when you put a team of AI agents to work on a real trading problem? In this live, hands-on session, Robinhood VP of Product Management Abhishek Fatehpuria moderates as professional trader and Moontower founder Kris Abdelmessih joins SpotGamma founder Brent Kochuba, Quiver Quantitative co-founder and CEO James Kardatzke to put Robinhood’s new agentic trading ecosystem to the test.
Each partner brings a different capability, demonstrating how specialized agents can help traders research markets, surface insights, analyze opportunities, and build more sophisticated workflows. Kris brings the trader’s perspective—asking questions, challenging outputs, and showing how these tools can fit into a real-world decision-making process.
Together, they’ll move from idea generation and research to strategy development and execution, showing how traders can combine specialized agents with their own judgment. Along the way, Abhishek will unpack how the agentic experience works on Robinhood and how traders can discover and put these new capabilities to work.
No slides. No scripts. Built live.
Kris Adbelmessih
Co-Founder, Moontower AI
Abhishek Fatehpuria
VP of Product Management, Robinhood
James Kartdatzke
CEO, Quiver Quantitative
Brent Kochuba
Founder, SpotGamma
Session 4: 10-10:30AM CT
ETF State of the Union: Exploring Market Trends and Innovation with State Street’s Matt Bartolini
The $24T global ETF market continues to evolve, giving investors access to even more powerful tools to navigate today’s markets. Join Guy Adami, Co-Founder of RiskReversal Media, and State Street Investment Management’s Global Head of Research Strategists, Matt Bartolini, for a discussion on where investors are putting money to work and the reasons why. They’ll unpack record sector ETF flows and innovations, derivative-based strategies, and why ETFs have become common investor tools for tactical positioning, risk management, and creating high monthly income.
Guy Adami
Co-Founder, RiskReversal Media
Mathew Bartolini
Managing Director, Global Head of Research Strategists, State Street Investment Management
Session 5: 10:30-11AM CT
Markets Never Sleep: The Evolution of Market Access with Robinhood & Bruce Markets
Markets are evolving—and so are expectations around when and how investors can participate.
Robinhood Chief Brokerage Officer Steve Quirk sits down with Jason Wallach, CEO of Bruce Markets, for a conversation about the evolution of market access and the infrastructure making it possible.
From technology and liquidity to market structure and the trading experience itself, Steve and Jason will explore how exchanges, brokerages, and other market participants are responding to a new generation of traders—one that wants to trade around the clock—and what it takes to expand access while maintaining resilient, efficient markets.
It’s a behind-the-scenes look at how market access is evolving—and where it could go next.
Steve Quirk
Chief Brokerage Officer, Robinhood
Jason Wallach
CEO, Bruce
Session 6: 11am-12pm CT
Chat With Traders: One Trade, Three Perspectives
Inside the Futures Market with Robinhood, Geneva Trading & CME Group
What really happens when you place a futures trade?
In this live edition of Chat With Traders, host Kevin Avery follows a futures trade through the market from three different perspectives. Robinhood Education Lead Michael Obucina brings the retail trader’s point of view, Rob Creamer, President & CEO of Geneva Trading, takes us inside the world of professional market making, and Craig Bewick, Senior Director, Global Head of Retail Education at CME Group, bridges the gap and explains the role of the exchange and the market infrastructure connecting it all.
Using CME Group futures contracts, the group will explore how a trader develops a market thesis, chooses the right contract, sizes the trade, manages risk, and ultimately sends an order into the market. Then, they’ll flip the perspective: Who might be on the other side? How do market makers think about price, liquidity, and risk? And what role does the exchange play in creating a transparent marketplace where it all comes together?
Along the way, the conversation will unpack the mechanics, tools, risks, and lessons every futures trader should understand. One trade. Three perspectives. A 360-degree look at how the futures market actually works.
Sponsored by CME Group
Kevin Avery
Host, Chat With Traders Podcast
Craig Bewick
Senior Director, Global Head, Retail Education, CME Group
Rob Creamer
President & CEO of Geneva Trading
Michael Obucina
Education Lead, Robinhood
Session 7: 1-1:45pm CT
Prediction Markets: The 2026 Midterms
Building Your Trading Plan for Election Season
In markets, traders build a universe, apply a framework, and narrow in on the highest-probability opportunities. This session brings that same discipline to the 2026 midterm elections—through the lens of prediction markets.
Moderated by Walter Hickey, Executive Editor of Sherwood Media, the conversation brings together Danny Moses, renowned trader and investor featured in The Big Short; Matt Rhoades, veteran political strategist and former presidential campaign manager; and Patrick Ruffini, Founding Partner of Echelon Insights and an expert in polling, voter behavior, data analytics, and demographic trends.
Using polling, fundraising, historical trends, demographic data, and prediction-market pricing, the panel will narrow the universe of House, Senate, and gubernatorial races into a focused watchlist while exploring broader markets like control of Congress. Where do polling and market prices agree? Where do they diverge? And what factors could change the probability of an outcome?
Using Robinhood’s Midterm Elections Prediction Markets Hub in real time, the session will blend trading, campaign, polling, and data expertise to show how traders can filter noise, quantify uncertainty, and build a systematic framework for trading the 2026 midterms.
Walter Hickey
Executive Editor, Sherwood Media
Danny Moses
Moses Ventures, LLC
Matt Rhoades
Managing Partner, CGCN Group
Patrick Ruffini
Founding Partner, Echelon Insights
Session 8: 1:45-2:30PM CT
Inside Robinhood Ventures: Private Markets, Innovation, and the Future of Investing
Join Robinhood CFO Shiv Verma and Head of Robinhood Ventures Sarah Pinto for an inside look at Robinhood Ventures—what it is, how it works, and how Robinhood is investing in the next generation of financial innovation.
Moderated by veteran trader and financial markets commentator Dan Nathan, this session explores the strategy behind Robinhood Ventures—how the team identifies, evaluates, and backs the technologies and founders seeking to shape the future.
Featuring Cathie Wood, Founder and CEO of ARK Invest, the conversation brings together perspectives on disruptive innovation and venture capital. Together, they’ll discuss what it takes to identify transformative companies, how capital is deployed across market cycles, and where they believe the biggest opportunities on the horizon lie.
From private markets to platform-building, this is a candid look at how bold investors are betting on the future.
Dan Nathan
Co-Founder, RiskReversal Media
Sarah Pinto
Head of Robinhood Ventures
Shiv Verma
Chief Financial Officer, Robinhood
Cathie Wood
Founder, CEO, CIO of ARK Invest
Session 9: 2:30-3:15PM CT
The Mental Game of Trading: A Systematic Approach to Trading Psychology with Jared Tendler, M.S.
Trading isn’t just about strategy—it’s about psychology.
Jared Tendler, MS, LMHC, is an internationally recognized mental game coach with over 20 years of experience. He is the author of The Mental Game of Trading and has worked with elite performers across trading, poker, and professional sports to help them overcome the mental barriers that hold them back.
In this session Jared will break down the hidden psychological patterns that impact decision-making—from tilt and overconfidence to fear, hesitation, and inconsistency.
You’ll learn how to identify your own mental leaks, build discipline under pressure, and develop the mindset required to perform at a high level in uncertain markets.
Practical, insightful, and immediately actionable—this session is a must for anyone looking to level up their trading from the inside out.
Jared Tendler
Mental Game Coach
Session 10: 3:15-4PM CT
Lessons from a Legend: Tom Sosnoff - From the Trading Floor to Founder
Tom Sosnoff is a pioneer of modern retail options trading. An entrepreneur, trader, and co-founder of thinkorswim© and tastytrade©, he has helped shape how individual investors trade and engage with the markets.
In this year’s Lessons from a Legend, Tom breaks down the core principles behind his decades-long career. From building iconic trading platforms to championing a probability-driven approach to trading options, he’ll share the strategies, mindset, and risk frameworks that define his edge.
He’ll also offer his latest thinking on the rise of AI in trading—what it changes, what it doesn’t, and why probabilities, liquidity, and disciplined execution still matter in an increasingly automated world.
Expect sharp insights, real stories, and a practical look at trading through the lens of probabilities—not predictions.
Sponsored by Cboe, the session will be followed by a moderated conversation and audience Q&A with Tom and Cboe’s Senior Vice President JJ Kinahan.
JJ Kinahan
SVP, Cboe
Tom Sosnoff
Chief Executive Officer, LossDog
Session 11: 4-4:15 PM CT
Closing Remarks with Robinhood Leadership
Vlad Tenev, Steve Quirk, and Michael Obucina return to the stage for a final word on HOOD Summit 2026—celebrating two days of innovation, education, markets, and community before sending everyone off to happy hour.
Michael Obucina
Head of Education, Robinhood
Steve Quirk
Chief Brokerage Officer, Robinhood
Vlad Tenev