Robinhood to Give Traders Access to Futures, Index Options (1)

Robinhood Markets Inc. is broadening its offerings to futures trading and index options as the retail brokerage aims to attract more sophisticated investors to its platform.

The futures contracts investors will be able to trade include stock indexes, currencies, metals and energy including natural gas and crude oil, with an access commission of 50 cents for Robinhood Gold members and 75 cents for other customers. Cryptocurrency futures will also be available, the company said Wednesday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report.

The firm also will offer CBOE Global Markets Inc.-supported index options at 35 ...