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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (IWM)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Thu, May 14, 2026, 11:14 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-05-14
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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RVX: 23.89 (-0.24) š”
IWM Term: CONTANGO (+21.0%) ā
āā 20d RV 17.0 sits below 60d RV 20.6: near-term volatility is compressed versus the medium-term baseline.
IWM: $284.60 (Gap: +0.68%) š¢
Weekly Momentum: IWM: +64.0 (1w: -26.5) strong bull š¢ | SATY +11.5 ST +50 EMA +50 D +13.1
Small-Cap RS: IWM/SPY: 0.381 (5d: -2.57%) š“
Credit: HYG/LQD: 0.736 (5d: +0.21%) š¢
Regional Banks: KRE/IWM: 0.238 (5d: -3.66%) š“
š
UPCOMING EVENTS
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ā
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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2026-04-30 Thu 273.13 278.22 272.44 277.97 2.12 + 1.77 29.2 HIGH VOL
2026-05-01 Fri 278.66 279.81 276.57 279.28 1.16 + 0.22 28.9 LOW VOL
2026-05-04 Mon 278.70 280.79 276.10 277.88 1.68 -0.29 28.6 NORMAL
2026-05-05 Tue 280.13 282.94 280.00 282.56 1.05 + 0.87 24.9 LOW VOL
2026-05-06 Wed 285.36 287.05 283.36 286.80 1.29 + 0.50 23.3 LOW VOL
2026-05-07 Thu 287.53 287.58 281.15 282.26 2.24 -1.83 28.4 HIGH VOL
2026-05-08 Fri 284.04 284.97 282.61 284.17 0.83 + 0.05 22.5 DEAD
2026-05-11 Mon 284.92 287.05 284.59 285.33 0.86 + 0.14 20.2 DEAD
2026-05-12 Tue 284.04 284.06 278.28 282.57 2.03 -0.52 27.4 HIGH VOL
2026-05-13 Wed 282.92 283.56 279.93 282.67 1.28 -0.09 20.7 LOW VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 1.46%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.63%
Avg Volume: 26.9M
Last Day Volume: 20.7M (77% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
DEAD āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
NORMAL 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 LOW VOL
Last 3 days direction: CHOP ā DRIFT ā CHOP
Range trend: 0.86% ā 1.28%
š§ BASELINE REGIME: LOW VOL ā ļø
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: NORMAL ā
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 āā
Range Stability āāāāāāāāāā āāā
RVX Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Stable āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāāāā
IWM Term āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā 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 IWM 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 āāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā 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 āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā 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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