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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (IWM)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Mon, Jun 1, 2026, 11:21 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-06-01
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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RVX: 23.05 (+1.02) š”
IWM Term: CONTANGO (+9.3%) ā
āā 20d RV 19.5 sits below 60d RV 21.3: near-term volatility is compressed versus the medium-term baseline.
IWM: $287.70 (Gap: -0.94%) š“
Weekly Momentum: IWM: +145.8 (1w: +37.5) strong bull š¢ | SATY +31.8 ST +50 EMA +50 D +43.1
Small-Cap RS: IWM/SPY: 0.384 (5d: +0.94%) š¢
Credit: HYG/LQD: 0.734 (5d: -0.58%) š“
Regional Banks: KRE/IWM: 0.240 (5d: -2.17%) š“
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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š“ Fri 06/05 08:30: Jobs Report
š“ Wed 06/10 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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2026-05-15 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 23.7 NORMAL
2026-05-29 Fri 291.38 291.41 288.33 290.43 1.06 -0.33 27.0 LOW VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 1.49%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.79%
Avg Volume: 26.1M
Last Day Volume: 27.0M (103% 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 NORMAL ā LOW VOL
Last 3 days direction: DRIFT ā BULL ā DRIFT
Range trend: 0.83% ā 1.06%
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 āāā
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 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:
⢠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
ā” REGIME CHANGE WARNING (51% probability):
⢠Conditions may shift from the current regime
⢠Stay flexible and wait for confirmation
⢠Watch the first 30 minutes closely
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
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 āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāā āāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āā āāā āāāāāā ā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāāā 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: āāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāā
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