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The trigger details are empty - no name, description, or meta. This is a scheduled trigger that runs every hour from 9 AM to 5 PM on weekdays. Since there are no specific instructions in the trigger details, I should look at what my core mission is as a Trader Bot.

Let me check if there are any strategy files or blog files that might give me context on what I should be doing. Let me also check the account and positions to see if there's anything to monitor or act on.

Let me install the space storage tools and skills tools to read any existing strategies or instructions.

This is a scheduled trigger running at 12 PM EDT on September 17, 2026 (Thursday). The trigger details are empty (no name, description, or meta), but based on the system prompt, this is a scheduled run during market hours (9 AM - 5 PM, Monday-Friday).

Looking at the blog history, the last blog post was on September 16, 2026 (FOMC decision day). Today is September 17, 2026, and I need to:

1. Check the current account status and positions
2. Check market data for any open positions
3. Search for market news
4. Write a blog post update
5. Update the blog index

Let me first read the relevant skill files and check the account, positions, and recent blog posts to understand the current state.

Let me read the account management, position management, and market data skills, and also check the latest blog post and strategy README.

Now I have a good understanding of the current state. The last blog post was on September 16, 2026 at 12 PM, which was FOMC decision day. The account was 100% cash at $95,580.90. The FOMC decision was at 2 PM that day. Today is September 17, 2026 (Thursday), and it's 12 PM EDT.

I need to:

1. Check the current account status
2. Check current positions
3. Get market data (snapshots for key symbols)
4. Search for market news
5. Write a blog post update
6. Update the blog index

Let me start by getting the account details, positions, and market snapshots. I also need to search for news about what happened with the FOMC decision yesterday and today's market.

Let me read the order management skill too in case I need to place any orders.

The web search is returning empty results for all queries. This is unusual - it seems like the web search tool is not returning any results. Let me try fetching some news pages directly to get market news.

Excellent! Now I have a lot of market news. Let me also fetch the FOMC decision article and the Fed rate hike article to get more details.

Now I have a comprehensive picture of the market situation. Let me also check the existing blog and strategy files to see what's there, and then I'll write the blog post and update the index.

Let me check the existing blog and strategy files.

I have a lot of blog posts already. Let me read the most recent ones to understand the current state, and also check the index.md to see the current positions snapshot. Let me also check the strategies folder.

I now have a comprehensive understanding of the current state. Let me also read the most recent blog post to understand the latest state, and check the strategies folder.

Now I have a comprehensive understanding of the current state. Let me now:

1. Get the current account status from Alpaca
2. Get current market data for key stocks
3. Write a blog post about the FOMC decision and market reaction
4. Update the index.md with the latest positions snapshot

Let me first read the relevant skill files for account management and market data.

Now I have all the data I need. Let me compile the key information:

Account Status:

• Portfolio Value: $95,580.90
• Cash: $95,580.90
• Buying Power: $382,323.60
• No open positions
• Total P&L from $100K: -$4,419.10 (-4.42%)

Market Data (September 17, 2026 - after market close):

From Yahoo Finance (live blog):

• S&P 500: 7,633.05 (+81.24, +1.08%)
• Dow: 51,826.59 (+364.69, +0.71%)
• Nasdaq: 26,384.46 (+406.03, +1.56%)
• Russell 2000: 2,890.67 (+31.86, +1.11%)
• VIX: 15.69 (-2.02, -11.41%)
• Gold: $4,406.30 (+18.80, +0.43%)
• Bitcoin: $76,625.33 (+923.77, +1.22%)
• Crude Oil (WTI): $101.03 (-1.40, -1.37%)

From Alpaca snapshots (daily bar close prices for Sept 17):

• SPY: $762.06 (prev close $754.05, +1.06%)
• QQQ: $716.11 (prev close $704.70, +1.62%)
• DIA: $518.78 (prev close $515.27, +0.68%)
• IWM: $287.155 (prev close $283.93, +1.14%)
• VIXY: $17.095 (prev close $17.685, -3.34%)
• SOXX: $518.67 (prev close $502.07, +3.31%)
• NVDA: $218.70 (prev close $213.94, +2.22%)
• MU: $976.805 (prev close $926.40, +5.44%)
• AMD: $546.00 (prev close $512.78, +6.48%)
• INTC: $110.72 (prev close $101.02, +9.60%)
• MRVL: $241.88 (prev close $229.74, +5.28%)
• SMTC: $181.03 (prev close $167.57, +8.03%)
• AMAT: $415.30 (prev close $415.51, -0.05%)
• AVGO: $348.625 (prev close $339.40, +2.72%)
• CRWV: $80.245 (prev close $83.35, -3.72%)
• SMCI: $39.93 (prev close $36.855, +8.36%)
• DELL: $581.44 (prev close $563.32, +3.22%)
• QCOM: $189.745 (prev close $184.91, +2.62%)
• USO: $154.33 (prev close $156.21, -1.20%)
• GLD: $400.53 (prev close $391.68, +2.26%)
• TLT: $81.675 (prev close $80.88, +0.98%)
• META: $678.01 (prev close $673.59, +0.66%)
• GOOG: $341.24 (prev close $339.33, +0.56%)
• MSFT: $495.435 (prev close $490.45, +1.02%)
• AAPL: $335.41 (prev close $332.49, +0.88%)
• AMZN: $251.57 (prev close $245.99, +2.27%)
• TSLA: $368.60 (prev close $358.13, +2.92%)
• SPCX: $154.16 (prev close $150.93, +2.14%)
• ORCL: $150.885 (prev close $143.24, +5.34%)
• ADBE: $249.975 (prev close $250.54, -0.23%)
• LCID: $4.425 (prev close $4.05, +9.26%)
• GNRC: $209.795 (prev close $175.19, +19.75%)
• BE: $279.67 (prev close $270.27, +3.48%)

Key News from September 17:

1. FED RAISED RATES 25BP (Sept 16) - First hike since 2023. Unanimous decision. Rate now 3.75%-4.00%. Dot plot projects one more hike this year. Warsh hawkish but markets rallied on Sept 17.

2. Markets RALLIED on Sept 17 - S&P +1.08%, Nasdaq +1.56%, Dow +0.71%. VIX crashed -11.41% to 15.69. Investors saw the hike as restoring Fed credibility on inflation.

3. Trump SLAMMED the Fed hike - Called for 1% rates, said he told Warsh "you might as well vote with the board." Called FOMC "a bunch of politicians."

4. Oil PULLED BACK - WTI fell to ~$101 (-1.37%). Saudi Arabia moving to restore East-West pipeline. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said pipeline would be restored soon. Brent ~$102-103.

5. Bonds RECOVERED - 10Y Treasury yield fell 5bps to 4.94%. Global bonds recovered as Warsh's inflation fight calmed market. 10Y had hit 19-year high on Tuesday.

6. Bank of England HELD rates at 3.75%. Gov Bailey warned of energy-driven inflation risk. 3 MPC members dissented, calling for hike.

7. BOJ expected to hike Friday to 1.25% (31-year high). All BOJ watchers surveyed by Bloomberg expect the hike.

8. Micron (MU) SURGED +5.4% - Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said memory bottleneck "will be worse" in 2027. Memory prices up 5-7x. NVDA, AVGO, SK Hynix also rose.

9. Generac (GNRC) SURGED +19.8% - Deal with Amazon for backup generators for data centers. Up to $8B worth. Initial deliveries $2.4B in 2027-2028.

10. Lucid (LCID) SURGED +9.3% - 25,000-vehicle robotaxi deal with European ride-hailing platform Bolt. Powered by Nvidia's Hyperion autonomous-vehicle architecture.

11. Jamie Dimon on AI oversight - "Light touch" federal oversight. Also said inflation "not clear to me we've slayed inflation."

12. Cell phone bills surging - T-Mobile, AT&T hiked rates. 5.9% jump in wireless bills July to August. Contributed to Fed's decision to hike.

13. Home contract signings drop 4.7% YoY - Buyers sensitive to higher mortgage rates.

14. OpenAI reveals six more instances of "concerning model behavior" - AI safety concerns continue.

15. Fed rate hikes historically great buying opportunities - Kobeissi Letter: S&P declines avg 4% over 6 weeks after first hike, but recovers ALL losses in 5-6 weeks. +9% after 12 months. Positive returns in every episode except 2022.

16. CNN: "The Fed was bullied into hiking rates" - Bond market gave the Fed an ultimatum. Goldman said case for hike was "weak" - inflation mainly from oil/energy, not demand. Risk of slowing economy without fixing inflation.

17. MarketWatch: "Fed rate hike fails to calm troubled markets" (Wednesday Sept 16) - Dow fell 600 points on Sept 16 after the hike. 10Y finished above 5%. But Thursday Sept 17 saw a strong rebound.

Now let me assess the NVDA re-entry criteria:

1. Fed hold/cut: 🔴 RED → The Fed HIKE. First hike since 2023. Dot plot projects one more hike this year. This is the OPPOSITE of what we need. However, the market rallied on the hike, interpreting it as restoring credibility. Still, criterion 1 requires a hold or cut, and we got a hike. RED.

2. SOXX above $500: 🟢 GREEN → SOXX closed at $518.67, well above $500. GREEN.

3. (reserved)

4. SOXX above $530 for 3+ days: 🔴 RED → SOXX at $518.67, $11.33 below $530. Still RED but improving significantly from $502.07 yesterday.

5. NVDA above $220: 🔴 RED → NVDA at $218.70, $1.30 below $220. Very close! Ticking up. Still RED but almost there.

6. No major macro crisis: 🔴 RED (IMPROVING) → Oil pulling back (WTI $101, USO -1.2%), 10Y fell to 4.94% (below 5%), VIX crashed to 15.69 (-11.41%). BUT Iran war ongoing, Fed just hiked, synchronized global tightening (Fed + ECB + BOJ), AI slowdown pact still a concern. Improving but still RED.

Score: 2 of 6 GREEN (VIX below 20, SOXX above $500). 4 RED. ABORT MAINTAINED.

Wait, actually VIX is not one of the 6 criteria. Let me re-read the criteria:

Looking at the blog post, the 6 criteria are:

1. Fed hold/cut
2. SOXX above $500
3. (reserved)
4. SOXX above $530 for 3+ days
5. NVDA above $220
6. No major macro crisis

And separately, VIX below 20 is tracked as an additional indicator.

So: 2 of 6 GREEN (criterion 2: SOXX above $500, and... hmm, what's the second green one? Looking at the previous assessment, it says "2 of 6 criteria GREEN (VIX below 20, SOXX above $500)" - but VIX below 20 isn't one of the 6 criteria. Let me look more carefully...

Actually, looking at the previous blog posts, the criteria assessment says "2 of 6 criteria GREEN (VIX below 20, SOXX above $500). 4 RED." So it seems like VIX below 20 is being counted as one of the green criteria, perhaps as part of criterion 6 or as a separate check. Let me just follow the same pattern.

Actually, I think the 6 criteria might be:

1. Fed hold/cut
2. SOXX above $500
3. VIX below 20
4. SOXX above $530 for 3+ days
5. NVDA above $220
6. No major macro crisis

That makes 6 criteria, and with VIX at 15.69 (below 20) and SOXX at $518.67 (above $500), that's 2 GREEN. The other 4 are RED:

1. Fed hiked (RED)
2. SOXX $11.33 below $530 (RED)
3. NVDA $1.30 below $220 (RED)
4. Macro crisis ongoing (RED but improving)

OK, so 2 of 6 GREEN, 4 RED. ABORT MAINTAINED.

Now let me write the blog post and update the index.

The key story today is:

• The Fed hiked 25bp on Wednesday (Sept 16) - first hike since 2023
• Markets initially sold off on Wednesday (Dow -600) but RALLIED strongly on Thursday (Sept 17)
• S&P +1.08%, Nasdaq +1.56%, VIX crashed -11.41% to 15.69
• Oil pulled back as Saudi Arabia moves to restore East-West pipeline
• Bonds recovered, 10Y fell below 5% to 4.94%
• Semis led the rally: INTC +9.6%, SMTC +8%, SMCI +8.4%, AMD +6.5%, MU +5.4%, MRVL +5.3%, ORCL +5.3%
• NVDA at $218.70, approaching $220 but not there yet
• SOXX at $518.67, above $500 but below $530
• Trump slammed the Fed hike
• BOE held rates, BOJ expected to hike Friday
• Generac surged +19.8% on Amazon data center deal
• Lucid surged +9.3% on European robotaxi deal
• Intel CEO said memory bottleneck "will be worse" in 2027 - boosting MU, NVDA, AVGO
• Jamie Dimon: inflation "not clear to me we've slayed inflation"
• Historically, Fed rate hikes have been great buying opportunities (Kobeissi: +9% after 12 months)

Let me write the blog post now.

I see there are two "## Recent Posts" sections in the file. I need to find the right one and add the new blog post at the top. Let me look at the structure more carefully. It seems like there's a "## Recent Posts" section around line 100, and another one further down. Let me find the second one and add the new post there.

Actually, looking at the content, I see there are two "## Recent Posts" sections. The first one starts around line 100 and the second one is further down. I need to add the new blog post to the most recent "## Recent Posts" section.

Let me look at the structure more carefully. The file has:

1. Header with last updated info
2. Account Summary
3. Current Positions Snapshot (first one)
4. A bunch of update blocks (12 PM, 11 AM, etc.)
5. Another Current Positions Snapshot
6. More update blocks
7. "## Recent Posts" section (first one around line 100)
8. More posts listed
9. Another "## Recent Posts" section (second one)

I need to add the new blog post to the most recent "## Recent Posts" section. Let me find the second one and add the new post at the top.

Actually, looking at the content I read, I see the second "## Recent Posts" starts at line 100 (the one that starts with "## Recent Posts\n- [📊 12 PM Update — September 16..."). I need to add the new September 17 post at the top of this list.

Let me write the new post entry at the top of the second "## Recent Posts" section.

I need to wrap up quickly. Let me add the new blog post to the Recent Posts section and update the strategies README, then call _success.

Let me find the second "## Recent Posts" section and add the new post at the top. Looking at the content, I see there's a "## Recent Posts" around line 100 that starts with the September 16 12 PM update. I need to add the September 17 post at the top of that list.

Let me write the new post entry right before the existing September 16 12 PM entry in the Recent Posts section.