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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (AAPL)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Fri, May 15, 2026, 9:46 AM EDT
Saved session: pre-open
Report date: 2026-05-15
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 24.17 (-0.64) š”
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-5.5%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 24.2 is above 60d RV 22.8: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
AAPL: $297.25 (Gap: -0.32%) š“
Weekly Momentum: AAPL: +126.1 (1w: -14.1) strong bull š¢ | SATY +42.9 ST +50 EMA +50 D +6.0
RS vs SPY: AAPL/SPY: 0.399 (5d: +1.45%) š¢
Mag 7 Breadth: 5/7 above 20d (5d: -14.3pp) š“
Tech Leadership: XLK/QQQ: 0.249 (5d: +2.13%) 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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None in the next 10 days
š LAST 10 TRADING DAYS
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Date Day Open High Low Close Range% Move% Vol(M) Regime
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2026-05-01 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 42.2 DEAD
2026-05-12 Tue 292.56 295.27 292.56 294.80 0.93 + 0.77 45.7 DEAD
2026-05-13 Wed 293.50 300.92 293.50 298.87 2.53 + 1.83 52.7 HIGH VOL
2026-05-14 Thu 299.82 300.45 295.38 298.21 1.69 -0.54 35.3 NORMAL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.09%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.12%
Avg Volume: 48.7M
Last Day Volume: 35.3M (72% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
DEAD āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 1 days (10%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: DEAD ā HIGH VOL ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: DRIFT ā BULL ā DRIFT
Range trend: 0.93% ā 1.69%
š§ BASELINE REGIME: NORMAL ā
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: NORMAL ā
āā Live tape is broadly in line with 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 āāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Stable āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāāāā
Vol Structure āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā
Event Risk āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāā āāāāāāāā
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: āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāā ā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā
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 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 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: āāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāā
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