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Notebook vs. IDE - brain exploding - need a general kick in the right direction!

Hi,
New to quantopian - need some directional help!
Let's take a simple hypothesis.

  1. I have a list of target stocks (at a later date, this list will be generated by a screen, but for now, hardcoded). n = 50.
  2. Each day, 30 minutes after Market Open, I wish to (a) See if the selected Benchmark Index is up or down, relative to prior day Close.

If UP, then:
3. Research Environment: Calculate "Close" vs "30 Mins After Open" Delta. Plot on Chart.
4. IDE: Buy $5,000 of stock. Sell at close.

(2) is where I am stuck in both environments...and would be appreciative if someone could kick me in the right direction! Apologies if the above is poorly framed.
Thanks.
s.
That's it!