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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (DIA)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Thu, May 7, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT
Saved session: pre-open
Report date: 2026-05-07
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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VXD: 16.33 (+0.00) š”
DIA Term: BACKWARDATION (-1.8%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 15.0 is above 60d RV 14.7: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
DIA: $500.27 (Gap: +1.48%) š¢
Weekly Momentum: DIA: +1.0 (1w: -24.1) neutral āŖ | SATY +5.4 ST +50 EMA +50 D -27.9
Industrials: XLI/SPY: 0.241 (5d: +0.93%) š¢
Financials: XLF/SPY: 0.071 (5d: -3.18%) š“
10Y Yield: $TNX: 43.56 (5d: -0.62) š¢
š
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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2026-04-22 Wed 495.32 496.14 493.23 494.76 0.59 -0.11 4.0 DEAD
2026-04-23 Thu 492.55 495.13 488.51 493.00 1.34 + 0.09 4.1 HIGH VOL
2026-04-24 Fri 493.05 493.49 490.77 492.21 0.55 -0.17 3.4 DEAD
2026-04-27 Mon 491.60 493.55 490.29 491.83 0.66 + 0.05 2.1 DEAD
2026-04-28 Tue 493.46 493.82 490.77 491.42 0.62 -0.41 3.1 DEAD
2026-04-29 Wed 490.95 491.49 487.00 488.67 0.91 -0.46 3.3 NORMAL
2026-04-30 Thu 490.98 497.58 490.39 496.65 1.46 + 1.15 5.4 HIGH VOL
2026-05-01 Fri 498.84 499.93 494.91 495.02 1.01 -0.77 4.4 NORMAL
2026-05-04 Mon 493.50 494.33 489.00 489.56 1.08 -0.80 3.3 NORMAL
2026-05-05 Tue 491.89 493.58 490.03 492.96 0.72 + 0.22 3.4 LOW VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 0.90%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.42%
Avg Volume: 4.1M
Last Day Volume: 3.4M (83% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
DEAD āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
HIGH VOL 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: NORMAL ā NORMAL ā LOW VOL
Last 3 days direction: BEAR ā BEAR ā DRIFT
Range trend: 1.01% ā 0.72%
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: MIXED/CHOP āļø
ā” CONFIDENCE: āāā ā
š REGIME CHANGE PROB: āāā ā
CONFIDENCE FACTORS:
Regime Consistency āāāāāāāāāā āāā
Range Stability āāāāāāāāāā āāā
VXD Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Stable āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāāāā
DIA Term āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā
Event Risk āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā
Regime Mixed āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā
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:
⢠No strong directional bias
⢠Quick exits and tighter targets make more sense
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: āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāā ā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāāā āāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āā āāā āā ā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā ā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāāā āāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāā āā āāā āāāāāā āā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
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