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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (META)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Fri, May 22, 2026, 11:24 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-05-22
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 35.29 (-0.51) š”
Vol Structure: CONTANGO (+12.6%) ā
āā 20d RV 35.3 sits below 60d RV 39.7: near-term volatility is compressed versus the medium-term baseline.
META: $610.33 (Gap: +0.48%) š¢
Weekly Momentum: META: -25.3 (1w: +8.4) strong bear š“ | SATY -9.5 ST -50 EMA -50 D +15.4
RS vs SPY: META/SPY: 0.818 (5d: -1.07%) š“
Mag 7 Breadth: 6/7 above 20d (5d: +14.3pp) š¢
Comm Services: XLC/SPY: 0.156 (5d: -0.13%) 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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2026-05-08 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
2026-05-21 Thu 600.00 609.60 594.81 607.38 2.47 + 1.23 13.5 NORMAL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.03%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.00%
Avg Volume: 16.3M
Last Day Volume: 13.5M (83% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
DEAD 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 LOW VOL ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: BEAR ā DRIFT ā BULL
Range trend: 2.20% ā 2.47%
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: 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 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:
⢠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: āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāāā āāā ā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā ā āāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
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