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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (META)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Wed, May 20, 2026, 9:13 AM EDT
Saved session: pre-open
Report date: 2026-05-20
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 35.85 (-0.78) š”
Vol Structure: CONTANGO (+12.5%) ā
āā 20d RV 35.8 sits below 60d RV 40.3: near-term volatility is compressed versus the medium-term baseline.
META: $604.13 (Gap: -1.16%) š“
Weekly Momentum: META: -19.8 (1w: +13.9) strong bear š“ | SATY -6.3 ST -50 EMA -50 D +14.0
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: +0.60%) 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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2026-05-05 Tue 613.31 614.35 600.36 604.96 2.28 -1.36 17.2 NORMAL
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
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.17%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.06%
Avg Volume: 15.9M
Last Day Volume: 13.8M (87% 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: DEAD ā LOW VOL ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: DRIFT ā CHOP ā DRIFT
Range trend: 1.42% ā 1.95%
š Range expanding: Volatility increasing
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: 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 āāāā
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:
⢠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:
⢠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: āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāāā āā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāāā āāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāā āā ā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā ā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāā āā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāā 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: āāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāā
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