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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (META)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 10:11 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-04-29
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 38.99 (+0.81) š”
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-3.3%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 39.0 is above 60d RV 37.7: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
META: $671.34 (Gap: +0.00%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: META: +60.2 (1w: -38.7) strong bull š¢ | SATY +9.6 ST +50 EMA +50 D +13.5
RS vs SPY: META/SPY: 0.943 (5d: -0.70%) š“
Mag 7 Breadth: 7/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Comm Services: XLC/SPY: 0.163 (5d: -2.26%) 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“ TODAY after close: Meta earnings
š“ Fri 05/01 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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2026-04-15 Wed 667.00 678.50 664.22 671.58 2.14 + 0.69 15.0 NORMAL
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
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.10%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.87%
Avg Volume: 15.0M
Last Day Volume: 10.6M (71% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
DEAD 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: HIGH VOL ā LOW VOL ā LOW VOL
Last 3 days direction: BULL ā BULL ā DRIFT
Range trend: 4.06% ā 1.86%
š§ BASELINE REGIME: LOW VOL ā ļø
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: LOW VOL ā ļø
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
HV20 Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Stable āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāāāā
Vol Structure āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā
Event Risk āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā
Regime Mixed āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā
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
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 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: āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāāā 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: āāāā āāā ā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāā āā āāā āāāāāāā 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 āāāāāāāāā āāāā 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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