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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 28, 2026, 4:08 PM EDT
Saved session: post-close
Report date: 2026-05-28
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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RVX: 22.77 (-0.61) š”
IWM Term: FLAT (+4.4%) āŖ
āā 20d RV 20.4 is roughly in line with 60d RV 21.3: the realized-vol curve is steady.
IWM: $292.03 (Gap: +0.00%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: IWM: +163.2 (1w: +55.0) strong bull š¢ | SATY +37.7 ST +50 EMA +50 D +46.5
Small-Cap RS: IWM/SPY: 0.387 (5d: +3.99%) š¢
Credit: HYG/LQD: 0.736 (5d: -0.69%) š“
Regional Banks: KRE/IWM: 0.240 (5d: -3.17%) š“
š
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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2026-05-14 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
2026-05-21 Thu 278.66 283.68 277.15 282.49 2.34 + 1.37 31.7 HIGH VOL
2026-05-22 Fri 284.10 286.61 283.67 285.12 1.03 + 0.36 23.8 LOW VOL
2026-05-26 Tue 288.39 290.55 287.74 290.51 0.97 + 0.74 24.5 DEAD
2026-05-27 Wed 291.16 291.72 289.31 290.37 0.83 -0.27 24.5 DEAD
2026-05-28 Thu 289.64 292.74 287.98 292.03 1.64 + 0.83 22.5 NORMAL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 1.51%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.78%
Avg Volume: 26.2M
Last Day Volume: 22.5M (86% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
DEAD āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: DEAD ā DEAD ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: BULL ā DRIFT ā BULL
Range trend: 0.97% ā 1.64%
š§ BASELINE REGIME: DEAD š
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: LOW VOL ā ļø
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 āāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāā
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 āā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā
Regime Instability āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāā āāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
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 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 āāāāāāāā āāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāāā 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 āāāāāāāāā āā 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 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 āāāāāāāāā āā 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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