Dec. 24, 2025 (After the bell) — Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) finished a holiday-shortened Christmas Eve session near the $120 level and was little changed in after-hours trading, as Wall Street closed out a thinly traded day that still managed to push major indexes to fresh highs. [1]
The bigger “tomorrow” headline for traders: U.S. stock markets are closed Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 (Christmas Day). The next regular session is Friday, Dec. 26. That matters for HOOD because the next meaningful liquidity window—especially for price discovery in a widely held, high-beta fintech name—arrives after a full day-long pause in U.S. equities trading. [2]
Below is what investors are watching tonight: the latest HOOD price action, today’s market and options signals, and the most relevant Robinhood news and forecasts heading into the next open.
HOOD stock price after the bell: the Christmas Eve snapshot
Because Dec. 24 was an early-close session, context is everything: moves can look “quiet,” but liquidity is also compressed. Nasdaq’s calendar shows U.S. equities and options markets closed at 1:00 p.m. ET today. [3]
Here’s where Robinhood stock stood after the bell:
- Close (1:00 p.m. ET): about $120.44, up roughly 0.17% on the day [4]
- After-hours (as reported mid-afternoon ET): about $120.30, down roughly 0.12% vs. the close [5]
- Day range: roughly $118.65–$120.64
- Volume: about 7.9 million shares, notably shaped by the shortened schedule
- 52-week range (context): roughly $29.66–$153.86
Why this matters: When the market closes early, after-hours trading can be choppier, spreads can widen, and single prints can exaggerate direction. NYSE’s schedule also notes that on early closes, its “late trading session” ends earlier than usual (5:00 p.m. ET on early close days), underscoring how the entire post-close window is different around major holidays. [6]
What moved Robinhood stock today? Start with the tape: risk-on markets, low volume, and a crypto linkage
HOOD has become a proxy for multiple high-velocity themes—retail activity, options participation, and crypto intensity—so the day’s broader tone matters even when there’s no company headline.
1) Wall Street hit new highs even in a shortened session
U.S. stocks pushed higher on Christmas Eve, with market coverage highlighting record levels for the S&P 500 and a continued “Santa rally” narrative—despite very light holiday volume. [7]
For HOOD, that “risk-on, low-volatility” environment is often supportive because:
- bullish equity sentiment tends to lift high-beta growth names, and
- calm markets can still support steady trading activity (even if it’s lighter than usual).
Market coverage also noted volatility gauges dropping to very low levels on the day. [8]
2) Options positioning looked mixed—but still active enough to watch
Two widely circulated options snapshots published today painted a nuanced picture:
- TipRanks flagged “mixed” options sentiment for HOOD, with calls slightly outweighing puts in the window it tracked. [9]
- A separate Market Rebellion pre-market note cited HOOD’s 30-day implied volatility around 52 and a call/put ratio favoring calls, while also tying crypto-sensitive names to Bitcoin’s sub-$87K trading in that morning snapshot. [10]
What to take from this tonight: Even without a dramatic price move, options activity remains a key “tell” for HOOD because the stock often responds quickly to shifts in retail participation and risk appetite—especially into the year-end stretch when flows can be lumpy.
3) Crypto price action still matters—even when HOOD isn’t moving much
Robinhood’s fundamentals have broadened beyond “meme stock broker,” but markets still frequently trade HOOD with a crypto sensitivity lens, alongside names like Coinbase. A Barron’s “stock movers” wrap today explicitly grouped Robinhood with major crypto-related movers. [11]
Today’s Robinhood headlines investors are digesting tonight
Even if HOOD’s price action was modest, there were still Robinhood-related storylines circulating that help shape sentiment into the next session.
1) Robinhood and the “Trump accounts” employee match: a headline that’s more brand than earnings
A widely read industry piece today highlighted Robinhood’s decision to match a U.S. government $1,000 contribution into “Trump accounts” for eligible employees with newborn children (as described in the coverage), framing it as an employee benefit aligned with Robinhood’s “democratize finance” branding. [12]
From a market perspective, this is unlikely to move near-term revenue. But it can:
- reinforce Robinhood’s positioning in “financial access” conversations, and
- keep the company in the broader consumer-finance news cycle during a quiet tape.
2) Prediction markets + AI tools remain the strategic north star
Robinhood’s recent product narrative has leaned heavily into the convergence of AI and prediction markets—and investors continue to treat that expansion as central to the company’s multiple.
Axios reporting this month described Robinhood’s push into an AI-powered assistant (“Cortex”) and an expanded prediction markets hub, including event-based trading across categories such as politics, economics, culture, and sports. [13]
That backdrop matters for HOOD because the stock’s 2025 rerating has been closely associated with new revenue streams and a broader “financial platform” identity.
3) The 24/7 trading trend is getting institutional validation
Robinhood’s long-running bet on extended and overnight access keeps looking less “fringe.” Reuters reporting in December highlighted that major market-structure players see near-continuous trading becoming more mainstream, and noted that multiple venues are pushing further in that direction. [14]
This theme is relevant to HOOD investors because the company benefits when:
- engagement expands beyond the 9:30–4:00 window, and
- new participants (including international investors) seek U.S. market access in non-U.S. time zones.
HOOD forecasts: what analysts are expecting now
Robinhood stock is ending 2025 at a much higher level than where it started the year, so forecasts—and the dispersion between them—matter.
Two commonly referenced consensus aggregations show that Wall Street remains broadly constructive, but not uniform:
- MarketBeat’s consensus: “Moderate Buy” with an average target around $137 (and a very wide range). [15]
- StockAnalysis consensus: “Buy,” but with a tight average near current levels while the median and high targets imply far more upside—again showing wide disagreement among analysts. [16]
Recent notable target/rating actions listed in the StockAnalysis compilation include changes from major firms in December (for example, a maintained Hold with a slightly higher target at Morgan Stanley, and a Strong Buy initiation from Truist). [17]
How to interpret that range: When a stock has run hard, analysts often split into two camps:
- those who believe new products (prediction markets, AI-driven tooling, platform expansion) justify a structurally higher valuation, and
- those who see the stock as already pricing in a lot of that upside—especially if trading activity cools or crypto tailwinds fade.
What to know before “tomorrow’s” open: markets are closed Dec. 25 — so focus on Friday, Dec. 26
If you’re preparing for the next chance to trade HOOD in a normal liquidity environment, the key point is straightforward:
- Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025: U.S. stock market closed for Christmas Day [18]
- Next session:Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 [19]
That one-day pause can matter for a stock like HOOD because it can store up catalysts—crypto moves, macro headlines, regulatory stories—without a full U.S. cash session to digest them.
The practical checklist for HOOD holders and watchers tonight
1) Watch crypto overnight—especially Bitcoin and high-beta crypto equities
HOOD often trades with crypto-adjacent sentiment, even when the company itself has no breaking news. [20]
2) Don’t overread after-hours prints in a holiday window
On early closes, the after-hours environment can be less liquid and less representative. [21]
3) Keep an eye on options tone and implied volatility into Friday
Today’s options snapshots suggest traders are still engaged. For HOOD, a change in implied volatility or a sharp skew toward puts/calls can be an early warning that sentiment is shifting faster than the stock price is. [22]
4) Macro backdrop: the market is still trading the “rates down in 2026” story
Today’s rally coverage pointed to optimism around future rate cuts as part of the market narrative. For Robinhood, rates matter because they influence the broader market mood and can affect fintech valuation assumptions. [23]
5) Know your levels from today’s range
With HOOD trading roughly $118.65–$120.64 today, that band becomes the most immediate reference for Friday’s first hour—especially if crypto prices gap meaningfully during the holiday.
Bottom line: HOOD is calm tonight, but the setup remains event-driven
Robinhood stock didn’t deliver fireworks after the bell on Christmas Eve, but that’s not necessarily the story. The more important setup is that HOOD remains a high-sensitivity platform stock—one that can reprice quickly when:
- crypto sentiment swings,
- risk appetite changes, or
- headlines hit around prediction markets, AI-driven tools, and market-structure shifts.
With U.S. markets closed Dec. 25, the next “real” read comes on Friday, Dec. 26, when liquidity returns and year-end positioning can still cause sharp moves—up or down.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
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