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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (MSFT)
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Saved refresh: Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 9:13 AM EDT
Saved session: pre-open
Report date: 2026-04-27
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 32.48 (-0.42) š“
Vol Structure: CONTANGO (+10.1%) ā
āā 20d RV 32.5 sits below 60d RV 35.8: near-term volatility is compressed versus the medium-term baseline.
MSFT: $424.50 (Gap: -0.03%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: MSFT: +126.8 (1w: -52.2) strong bull š¢ | SATY +40.7 ST +50 EMA +50 D +10.6
RS vs SPY: MSFT/SPY: 0.595 (5d: -0.10%) š“
Mag 7 Breadth: 7/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Tech Leadership: XLK/QQQ: 0.241 (5d: +1.45%) š¢
Model note: Mag 7 stock model tracks MSFT/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“ Wed 04/29 after close: Microsoft earnings
š“ Fri 05/01 08:30: Jobs Report
š“ Wed 05/06 08:30: FOMC Decision
š LAST 10 TRADING DAYS
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Date Day Open High Low Close Range% Move% Vol(M) Regime
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2026-04-13 Mon 373.61 384.54 371.02 384.37 3.62 + 2.88 35.7 HIGH VOL
2026-04-14 Tue 387.92 394.69 386.52 393.11 2.11 + 1.34 37.5 HIGH VOL
2026-04-15 Wed 398.00 414.37 396.73 411.22 4.43 + 3.32 45.1 HIGH VOL
2026-04-16 Thu 419.86 420.82 412.14 420.26 2.07 + 0.10 41.6 NORMAL
2026-04-17 Fri 424.82 431.58 420.69 422.79 2.56 -0.48 48.6 HIGH VOL
2026-04-20 Mon 421.14 423.33 416.30 418.07 1.67 -0.73 27.6 NORMAL
2026-04-21 Tue 420.24 427.18 417.20 424.16 2.37 + 0.93 32.0 HIGH VOL
2026-04-22 Wed 426.19 433.70 423.67 432.92 2.35 + 1.58 29.4 HIGH VOL
2026-04-23 Thu 419.88 423.66 411.41 415.75 2.92 -0.98 38.3 HIGH VOL
2026-04-24 Fri 416.97 424.95 415.80 424.62 2.19 + 1.83 27.5 HIGH VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.63%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.42%
Avg Volume: 33.7M
Last Day Volume: 27.5M (81% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 8 days (80%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: HIGH VOL ā HIGH VOL ā HIGH VOL
Last 3 days direction: BULL ā DRIFT ā BULL
Range trend: 2.35% ā 2.19%
š EXPECTED REGIME: HIGH VOL š„
š EXPECTED DIRECTION: BULLISH š
ā” CONFIDENCE: āāā ā
š REGIME CHANGE PROB: āāā ā
CONFIDENCE FACTORS:
Regime Consistency āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
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 āā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā
Regime Consistent āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
Cross-Asset Stress āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā
š STRATEGY IMPLICATIONS:
⢠Expect fast moves, quick T1/T2 exits
⢠Options may hit 30-50%+ peaks
⢠Fewer trades but bigger winners
⢠Hard stops are more likely to trigger
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š TODAY'S TRADING PLAN
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š° POSITION SIZING:
⢠50-75% of normal size
šÆ DIRECTION BIAS:
⢠Favor MSFT long setups on pullbacks
⢠Let winners run a bit longer when momentum confirms
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: āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āā āā āāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāā āāāāā āā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāā
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