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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (META)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 10:16 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-04-30
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 33.38 (-5.60) š”
Vol Structure: CONTANGO (+12.6%) ā
āā 20d RV 33.4 sits below 60d RV 37.6: near-term volatility is compressed versus the medium-term baseline.
META: $602.00 (Gap: -10.03%) š“
Weekly Momentum: META: +53.3 (1w: -45.6) strong bull š¢ | SATY +7.7 ST +50 EMA +50 D +11.3
RS vs SPY: META/SPY: 0.940 (5d: -0.88%) š“
Mag 7 Breadth: 7/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Comm Services: XLC/SPY: 0.162 (5d: -2.25%) š“
Model note: Mag 7 stock model tracks META/SPY leadership plus seven-stock breadth across AAPL/AMZN/GOOGL/META/MSFT/NVDA/TSLA.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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š“ Tomorrow 08:30: Jobs Report
š“ Wed 05/06 08:30: FOMC Decision
š LAST 10 TRADING DAYS
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Date Day Open High Low Close Range% Move% Vol(M) Regime
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2026-04-16 Thu 675.99 677.58 667.75 676.87 1.45 + 0.13 9.5 DEAD
2026-04-17 Fri 678.60 691.52 675.13 688.55 2.42 + 1.47 16.3 NORMAL
2026-04-20 Mon 681.36 683.38 668.00 670.91 2.26 -1.53 12.5 NORMAL
2026-04-21 Tue 671.00 676.20 667.33 668.84 1.32 -0.32 8.7 DEAD
2026-04-22 Wed 674.36 678.38 669.75 674.72 1.28 + 0.05 9.2 DEAD
2026-04-23 Thu 663.70 669.56 653.05 659.15 2.49 -0.69 11.7 NORMAL
2026-04-24 Fri 660.32 680.67 653.84 675.03 4.06 + 2.23 13.3 HIGH VOL
2026-04-27 Mon 671.00 682.50 670.84 678.62 1.74 + 1.14 12.8 LOW VOL
2026-04-28 Tue 674.24 678.18 665.62 671.34 1.86 -0.43 10.6 LOW VOL
2026-04-29 Wed 668.91 674.25 663.81 669.12 1.56 + 0.03 18.9 DEAD
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.04%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.80%
Avg Volume: 14.3M
Last Day Volume: 18.9M (132% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
DEAD āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 1 days (10%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: LOW VOL ā LOW VOL ā DEAD
Last 3 days direction: BULL ā DRIFT ā CHOP
Range trend: 1.74% ā 1.56%
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
HV20 Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Stable āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāāāā
Vol Structure 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
šÆ DIRECTION BIAS:
⢠Favor META 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: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā ā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāā 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: āāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āā āāā āāāāāā ā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāāā 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: āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāā āāāāā āā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāā
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