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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (IWM)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Fri, May 22, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT
Saved session: pre-open
Report date: 2026-05-22
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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RVX: 24.14 (+0.00) š”
IWM Term: FLAT (+7.8%) āŖ
āā 20d RV 20.1 is roughly in line with 60d RV 21.6: the realized-vol curve is steady.
IWM: $283.37 (Gap: +1.25%) š¢
Weekly Momentum: IWM: +64.4 (1w: +54.0) strong bull š¢ | SATY +4.8 ST +50 EMA +50 D +26.0
Small-Cap RS: IWM/SPY: 0.378 (5d: -0.85%) š“
Credit: HYG/LQD: 0.739 (5d: +0.41%) š¢
Regional Banks: KRE/IWM: 0.247 (5d: +4.05%) 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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2026-05-07 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
2026-05-14 Thu 283.84 285.65 281.96 284.45 1.30 + 0.21 17.4 LOW VOL
2026-05-15 Fri 280.30 280.33 277.24 277.60 1.10 -0.96 35.4 LOW VOL
2026-05-18 Mon 278.74 279.08 273.94 275.97 1.84 -0.99 27.2 NORMAL
2026-05-19 Tue 273.81 275.07 270.63 273.00 1.62 -0.29 30.3 NORMAL
2026-05-20 Wed 274.91 280.09 273.41 279.87 2.43 + 1.80 31.6 HIGH VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 1.56%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.69%
Avg Volume: 26.4M
Last Day Volume: 31.6M (120% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
DEAD 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: NORMAL ā NORMAL ā HIGH VOL
Last 3 days direction: BEAR ā DRIFT ā BULL
Range trend: 1.84% ā 2.43%
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
RVX Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Stable āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāāāā
IWM Term āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāā āāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā
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:
⢠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: āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā
SWING ENTRY: 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 āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāā āā 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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