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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 28, 2026, 11:15 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-05-28
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 17.47 (-0.07) š¢
Vol Structure: CONTANGO (+21.1%) ā
āā 20d RV 17.5 sits below 60d RV 21.1: near-term volatility is compressed versus the medium-term baseline.
AAPL: $311.74 (Gap: +0.29%) š¢
Weekly Momentum: AAPL: +134.4 (1w: -24.6) strong bull š¢ | SATY +32.3 ST +50 EMA +50 D +32.7
RS vs SPY: AAPL/SPY: 0.414 (5d: +1.66%) š¢
Mag 7 Breadth: 4/7 above 20d (5d: -14.3pp) š“
Tech Leadership: XLK/QQQ: 0.253 (5d: +2.38%) 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“ Fri 06/05 08:30: Jobs Report
š LAST 10 TRADING DAYS
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Date Day Open High Low Close Range% Move% Vol(M) Regime
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2026-05-13 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
2026-05-15 Fri 297.90 303.20 296.52 300.23 2.24 + 0.78 54.9 NORMAL
2026-05-18 Mon 300.24 300.66 294.91 297.84 1.92 -0.80 34.5 NORMAL
2026-05-19 Tue 296.97 300.51 296.35 298.97 1.40 + 0.67 42.2 LOW VOL
2026-05-20 Wed 298.18 302.80 298.08 302.25 1.58 + 1.36 38.2 LOW VOL
2026-05-21 Thu 301.06 305.54 300.40 304.99 1.71 + 1.31 43.0 NORMAL
2026-05-22 Fri 306.12 311.40 305.84 308.82 1.82 + 0.88 43.7 NORMAL
2026-05-26 Tue 309.56 311.82 307.67 308.33 1.34 -0.40 48.0 LOW VOL
2026-05-27 Wed 308.33 313.26 308.30 310.85 1.61 + 0.82 50.4 LOW VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 1.78%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.94%
Avg Volume: 49.2M
Last Day Volume: 50.4M (102% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 5 days (50%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
HIGH VOL 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 LOW VOL
Last 3 days direction: BULL ā DRIFT ā BULL
Range trend: 1.82% ā 1.61%
š§ BASELINE REGIME: LOW VOL ā ļø
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: LOW VOL ā ļø
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 āāāā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā
Event Risk āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā
Regime Mixed āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā
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
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 āāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāāā āāā āāāā āā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāā
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 āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāā 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 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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