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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (META)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Thu, May 21, 2026, 11:09 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-05-21
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 35.81 (-0.20) š”
Vol Structure: CONTANGO (+11.8%) ā
āā 20d RV 35.8 sits below 60d RV 40.0: near-term volatility is compressed versus the medium-term baseline.
META: $600.50 (Gap: -0.75%) š“
Weekly Momentum: META: -34.5 (1w: -0.8) strong bear š“ | SATY -11.7 ST -50 EMA -50 D +11.8
RS vs SPY: META/SPY: 0.816 (5d: -1.74%) š“
Mag 7 Breadth: 5/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Comm Services: XLC/SPY: 0.157 (5d: -0.42%) š“
Model note: Mag 7 stock model tracks META/SPY leadership plus seven-stock breadth across AAPL/AMZN/GOOGL/META/MSFT/NVDA/TSLA.
š
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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2026-05-07 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 11.7 NORMAL
2026-05-20 Wed 600.75 608.00 597.81 605.06 1.70 + 0.72 11.3 LOW VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 1.97%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.91%
Avg Volume: 16.2M
Last Day Volume: 11.3M (70% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 5 days (50%)
DEAD āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
NORMAL 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: NORMAL ā NORMAL ā LOW VOL
Last 3 days direction: DRIFT ā BEAR ā DRIFT
Range trend: 1.95% ā 1.70%
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 āāāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāā
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 ā āāāāā āāāāāāāā
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
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 āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā
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: āāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
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