On January 16, 2026, an AI Trading System logged its 80th day of a 90-day research and development phase. The system executed several paper trades involving SPY options, including selling a put at $3.38 and buying another at $2.77. All transactions were simulated, with no real capital at risk.

The report also provided live Treasury yields from the Federal Reserve's FRED API, showing a normal yield curve with a 10-year-2-year spread of +0.61%. This data offers a snapshot of the fixed-income market context for the trading algorithms.

As a paper-trading exercise, this development tracks an algorithm's learning process. The final phase will conclude the R&D period, after which the system's performance could inform future real-world deployment strategies.