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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (AAPL)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Thu, May 7, 2026, 11:14 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-05-07
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 25.78 (-0.53) š”
Vol Structure: FLAT (+0.9%) āŖ
āā 20d RV 25.8 is roughly in line with 60d RV 26.0: the realized-vol curve is steady.
AAPL: $291.06 (Gap: +1.23%) š¢
Weekly Momentum: AAPL: +104.6 (1w: +28.9) strong bull š¢ | SATY +41.3 ST +50 EMA +50 D -9.0
RS vs SPY: AAPL/SPY: 0.392 (5d: +3.19%) š¢
Mag 7 Breadth: 6/7 above 20d (5d: -14.3pp) š“
Tech Leadership: XLK/QQQ: 0.244 (5d: +1.61%) š¢
Model note: Mag 7 stock model tracks AAPL/SPY leadership plus seven-stock breadth across AAPL/AMZN/GOOGL/META/MSFT/NVDA/TSLA.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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š“ Tue 05/12 08:30: CPI
š LAST 10 TRADING DAYS
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Date Day Open High Low Close Range% Move% Vol(M) Regime
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2026-04-23 Thu 275.05 275.77 271.65 273.43 1.50 -0.59 33.4 LOW VOL
2026-04-24 Fri 272.75 273.06 269.65 271.06 1.25 -0.62 38.2 DEAD
2026-04-27 Mon 266.09 268.36 265.07 267.61 1.24 + 0.57 41.5 DEAD
2026-04-28 Tue 272.33 273.23 268.66 270.71 1.68 -0.60 40.0 LOW VOL
2026-04-29 Wed 267.55 271.04 267.04 270.17 1.50 + 0.98 30.0 LOW VOL
2026-04-30 Thu 270.50 276.00 268.14 271.35 2.91 + 0.31 91.8 HIGH VOL
2026-05-01 Fri 278.86 287.22 278.37 280.14 3.17 + 0.46 79.9 HIGH VOL
2026-05-04 Mon 279.65 280.63 274.86 276.83 2.06 -1.01 46.7 NORMAL
2026-05-05 Tue 276.93 284.57 276.50 284.18 2.91 + 2.62 49.3 HIGH VOL
2026-05-06 Wed 281.92 288.03 281.07 287.51 2.47 + 1.98 58.3 HIGH VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.07%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.97%
Avg Volume: 46.9M
Last Day Volume: 58.3M (124% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
DEAD āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 1 days (10%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: NORMAL ā HIGH VOL ā HIGH VOL
Last 3 days direction: BEAR ā BULL ā BULL
Range trend: 2.06% ā 2.47%
š§ BASELINE REGIME: HIGH VOL š„
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: NORMAL ā
āā Live tape is running one regime quieter than the completed-session baseline.
š EXPECTED DIRECTION: BULLISH š
ā” CONFIDENCE: āāā ā
š REGIME CHANGE PROB: āāā ā
CONFIDENCE FACTORS:
Regime Consistency āāāāāāāāāā āāā
Range Stability āāāāāāāāāā āāā
HV20 Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Stable āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāāāā
Vol Structure āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāā āāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā
Event Risk āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā
Regime Instability āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāā āāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
Cross-Asset Stress āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā
š STRATEGY IMPLICATIONS:
⢠Balanced conditions for all tiers
⢠Expect 15-25% option peaks typical
⢠Good trade frequency expected
⢠Standard tier logic should work well
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š TODAY'S TRADING PLAN
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š° POSITION SIZING:
⢠100% normal size
šÆ DIRECTION BIAS:
⢠Favor AAPL long setups on pullbacks
⢠Let winners run a bit longer when momentum confirms
ā° SESSION TIMING:
⢠9:30 EDT-10:00 EDT: Opening volatility
⢠10:00 EDT-11:30 EDT: Often the cleanest setups
⢠11:30 EDT-2:00 EDT: Lunch lull, be patient
⢠2:00 EDT-4:00 EDT: Late-day trend or reversal window
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š 2-4 DAY SWING PLAN
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SWING BIAS: āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
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