Previously on this topic, July was all about the painful month-long grind of downward consolidation before the rate hike expectations landed. As for September: If you're trading stocks, the advice for these couple of days is just to go to sleep, because there's basically no movement. Whether you go long or short during this downward consolidation, it’s uncomfortable, and options volatility has hit its yearly low. If you're into memes, the advice for these couple of days is don’t sleep, because by the time you wake up, it might go from 30m to 300k. Forget waking up—just taking a sip of water might turn it into a Christmas tree.