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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, 4:14 PM EDT
Saved session: post-close
Report date: 2026-04-29
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 29.87 (-0.36) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-1.9%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 29.9 is above 60d RV 29.3: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
MSFT: $424.46 (Gap: +0.00%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: MSFT: +91.7 (1w: -35.1) strong bull š¢ | SATY +21.8 ST +50 EMA +50 D +16.8
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“ 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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2026-04-16 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
2026-04-29 Wed 424.57 426.82 420.29 424.46 1.54 -0.03 31.2 NORMAL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.19%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.83%
Avg Volume: 31.9M
Last Day Volume: 31.2M (98% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 6 days (60%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: HIGH VOL ā NORMAL ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: DRIFT ā BULL ā CHOP
Range trend: 2.38% ā 1.54%
š„ SQUEEZE DETECTED: Range at 10th percentile (TIGHT)
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: 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 āāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Squeeze āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā
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:
⢠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
ā” REGIME CHANGE WARNING (57% probability):
⢠Conditions may shift from the current regime
⢠Stay flexible and wait for confirmation
⢠Watch the first 30 minutes closely
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: āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā ā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāāā āāā ā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā ā āāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāā 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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