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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (GOOGL)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Mon, May 18, 2026, 4:23 PM EDT
Saved session: post-close
Report date: 2026-05-18
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 41.90 (-0.57) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-17.4%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 41.9 is above 60d RV 34.6: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
GOOGL: $396.94 (Gap: +0.00%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: GOOGL: +75.7 (1w: -30.6) strong bull š¢ | SATY +15.5 ST +50 EMA +50 D +15.2
RS vs SPY: GOOGL/SPY: 0.537 (5d: -1.21%) š“
Mag 7 Breadth: 5/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Comm Services: XLC/SPY: 0.157 (5d: -0.94%) š“
Model note: Mag 7 stock model tracks GOOGL/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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2026-05-05 Tue 386.23 392.82 384.02 388.43 2.28 + 0.57 23.9 NORMAL
2026-05-06 Wed 394.25 399.85 392.76 398.04 1.80 + 0.96 31.3 LOW VOL
2026-05-07 Thu 399.92 400.10 392.68 397.99 1.86 -0.48 24.4 LOW VOL
2026-05-08 Fri 397.00 402.00 396.36 400.80 1.42 + 0.96 21.5 DEAD
2026-05-11 Mon 393.64 397.44 388.47 388.64 2.28 -1.27 30.8 NORMAL
2026-05-12 Tue 387.34 388.52 382.77 387.35 1.48 + 0.00 26.0 DEAD
2026-05-13 Wed 385.60 403.70 385.00 402.62 4.85 + 4.42 28.1 HIGH VOL
2026-05-14 Thu 397.28 402.93 395.84 401.07 1.78 + 0.95 21.1 LOW VOL
2026-05-15 Fri 396.31 399.54 393.18 396.78 1.60 + 0.12 20.3 LOW VOL
2026-05-18 Mon 395.69 408.61 394.53 396.94 3.56 + 0.32 26.3 HIGH VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.29%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.00%
Avg Volume: 28.1M
Last Day Volume: 26.3M (93% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
DEAD āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: LOW VOL ā LOW VOL ā HIGH VOL
Last 3 days direction: DRIFT ā CHOP ā CHOP
Range trend: 1.78% ā 3.56%
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 āā
HV20 Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāā
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 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 GOOGL 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 āāāāāāāā āāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā ā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāā
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 āāā ā āāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā ā āāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
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