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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (MSFT)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 10:11 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-04-29
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 30.23 (-0.01) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-2.8%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 30.2 is above 60d RV 29.4: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
MSFT: $424.37 (Gap: -1.14%) š“
Weekly Momentum: MSFT: +113.8 (1w: -13.0) strong bull š¢ | SATY +29.6 ST +50 EMA +50 D +20.6
RS vs SPY: MSFT/SPY: 0.603 (5d: +0.12%) š¢
Mag 7 Breadth: 7/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Tech Leadership: XLK/QQQ: 0.240 (5d: -0.01%) 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“ TODAY 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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2026-04-15 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
2026-04-27 Mon 422.38 427.11 417.07 424.82 2.38 + 0.58 30.9 HIGH VOL
2026-04-28 Tue 424.57 429.92 421.90 429.25 1.89 + 1.10 30.4 NORMAL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.48%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.16%
Avg Volume: 32.6M
Last Day Volume: 30.4M (93% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 7 days (70%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: HIGH VOL ā HIGH VOL ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: BULL ā DRIFT ā BULL
Range trend: 2.19% ā 1.89%
š§ BASELINE REGIME: HIGH VOL š„
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: HIGH VOL š„
āā Live tape is broadly in line with the completed-session baseline.
š EXPECTED DIRECTION: BULLISH 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 āā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā
Event Risk āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā
Regime Mixed āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā
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 āā āā āāā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āā āāā āāāāāā ā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāā āāāāā āā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāā
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