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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (META)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Tue, May 5, 2026, 4:12 PM EDT
Saved session: post-close
Report date: 2026-05-05
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 47.08 (+0.21) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-13.6%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 47.1 is above 60d RV 40.7: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
META: $604.96 (Gap: +0.00%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: META: -84.7 (1w: +23.1) strong bear š“ | SATY -23.1 ST -50 EMA -50 D -8.6
RS vs SPY: META/SPY: 0.850 (5d: -10.41%) š“
Mag 7 Breadth: 6/7 above 20d (5d: -14.3pp) š“
Comm Services: XLC/SPY: 0.162 (5d: -0.15%) 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: FOMC Decision
š“ Tue 05/12 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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2026-04-22 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
2026-04-30 Thu 619.32 620.85 600.00 611.91 3.37 -1.20 52.8 HIGH VOL
2026-05-01 Fri 614.69 618.88 606.11 608.75 2.08 -0.97 21.4 NORMAL
2026-05-04 Mon 607.93 614.00 602.75 610.41 1.85 + 0.41 16.2 LOW VOL
2026-05-05 Tue 613.31 614.35 600.36 604.96 2.28 -1.36 16.8 NORMAL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.26%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.85%
Avg Volume: 16.9M
Last Day Volume: 16.8M (100% 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: NORMAL ā LOW VOL ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: DRIFT ā DRIFT ā BEAR
Range trend: 2.08% ā 2.28%
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: BEARISH 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:
⢠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 (53% 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 downside setups on bounces
⢠Press winners when confirmation stays intact
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 āāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāā āāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāā āā āāāāāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāā āāāāā āā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāā
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