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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 19, 2026, 4:47 PM EDT
Saved session: post-close
Report date: 2026-05-19
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 36.01 (+0.16) š”
Vol Structure: CONTANGO (+11.1%) ā
āā 20d RV 36.0 sits below 60d RV 40.0: near-term volatility is compressed versus the medium-term baseline.
META: $602.61 (Gap: +0.00%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: META: -42.5 (1w: -8.8) strong bear š“ | SATY -14.0 ST -50 EMA -50 D +9.5
RS vs SPY: META/SPY: 0.827 (5d: +2.15%) š¢
Mag 7 Breadth: 5/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Comm Services: XLC/SPY: 0.158 (5d: +1.30%) 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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None in the next 10 days
š LAST 10 TRADING DAYS
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Date Day Open High Low Close Range% Move% Vol(M) Regime
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2026-05-06 Wed 601.05 619.95 598.10 612.88 3.64 + 1.97 19.9 HIGH VOL
2026-05-07 Thu 614.72 624.98 613.54 616.81 1.86 + 0.34 12.3 LOW VOL
2026-05-08 Fri 615.20 616.77 606.06 609.63 1.74 -0.91 13.6 LOW VOL
2026-05-11 Mon 604.57 604.91 598.08 598.86 1.13 -0.94 15.9 DEAD
2026-05-12 Tue 594.82 603.75 592.60 603.00 1.87 + 1.38 11.4 LOW VOL
2026-05-13 Wed 598.83 619.90 596.66 616.63 3.88 + 2.97 14.6 HIGH VOL
2026-05-14 Thu 616.00 623.73 615.00 618.43 1.42 + 0.39 10.7 DEAD
2026-05-15 Fri 613.99 621.20 609.31 614.23 1.94 + 0.04 13.3 LOW VOL
2026-05-18 Mon 609.11 615.59 603.69 611.21 1.95 + 0.35 13.8 NORMAL
2026-05-19 Tue 608.92 613.93 600.55 602.61 2.20 -1.04 11.2 NORMAL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.16%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.03%
Avg Volume: 16.0M
Last Day Volume: 11.2M (70% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
DEAD āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: LOW VOL ā NORMAL ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: CHOP ā DRIFT ā BEAR
Range trend: 1.94% ā 2.20%
š Range expanding: Volatility increasing
š§ BASELINE REGIME: NORMAL ā
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: LOW VOL ā ļø
āā Live tape is running one regime quieter than the completed-session baseline.
š EXPECTED DIRECTION: MIXED/CHOP āļø
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 Expanding āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā
Vol Structure āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā
Event Risk āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāā āāāāāāāā
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:
⢠No strong directional bias
⢠Quick exits and tighter targets make more sense
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 āāāā āāāāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāāā āāāā āā ā āāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā ā āāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāā ā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāāā āāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāā āā āāā āāāāāā āā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
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