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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (AAPL)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Mon, May 11, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT
Saved session: post-close
Report date: 2026-05-11
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 26.20 (-0.13) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-8.3%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 26.2 is above 60d RV 24.0: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
AAPL: $292.68 (Gap: +0.00%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: AAPL: +89.4 (1w: -50.8) strong bull š¢ | SATY +28.8 ST +50 EMA +50 D +1.8
RS vs SPY: AAPL/SPY: 0.398 (5d: +2.30%) š¢
Mag 7 Breadth: 5/7 above 20d (5d: -14.3pp) š“
Tech Leadership: XLK/QQQ: 0.247 (5d: +2.78%) 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“ Tomorrow 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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2026-04-28 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
2026-05-07 Thu 289.27 292.13 285.78 287.44 2.20 -0.63 45.2 NORMAL
2026-05-08 Fri 290.01 294.76 290.00 293.32 1.64 + 1.14 52.7 LOW VOL
2026-05-11 Mon 291.98 293.88 290.23 292.68 1.25 + 0.24 39.2 DEAD
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.18%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.00%
Avg Volume: 49.0M
Last Day Volume: 39.2M (80% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
DEAD āāāāāāāāāā 1 days (10%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: NORMAL ā LOW VOL ā DEAD
Last 3 days direction: DRIFT ā BULL ā CHOP
Range trend: 2.20% ā 1.25%
š„ SQUEEZE DETECTED: Range at 10th percentile (TIGHT)
š§ BASELINE REGIME: DEAD š
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: LOW VOL ā ļø
āā Live tape is running one regime hotter 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 āāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Squeeze āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā
Vol Structure āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā
Event Risk āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā
Regime Instability āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāā āāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
Cross-Asset Stress āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā
š STRATEGY IMPLICATIONS:
⢠Tighter moves, more T4/T5/T6 exits
⢠Options may struggle to hit 20%+
⢠More breakeven and small gains likely
⢠Be more selective on entries
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š TODAY'S TRADING PLAN
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š° POSITION SIZING:
⢠75-100% of normal size
ā” REGIME CHANGE WARNING (67% probability):
⢠Conditions may shift from the current regime
⢠Stay flexible and wait for confirmation
⢠Watch the first 30 minutes closely
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: āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāā ā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā ā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāāā āāā ā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā ā āāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāā āāāāā āā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāā
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