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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (MSFT)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Wed, May 13, 2026, 11:15 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-05-13
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 32.76 (-0.35) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-16.7%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 32.8 is above 60d RV 27.3: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
MSFT: $404.08 (Gap: -0.90%) š“
Weekly Momentum: MSFT: -1.4 (1w: -59.8) neutral āŖ | SATY -10.3 ST +50 EMA -50 D +11.8
RS vs SPY: MSFT/SPY: 0.552 (5d: -2.81%) š“
Mag 7 Breadth: 5/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Tech Leadership: XLK/QQQ: 0.248 (5d: +1.94%) 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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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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2026-04-29 Wed 424.57 426.82 420.29 424.46 1.54 -0.03 38.3 NORMAL
2026-04-30 Thu 410.81 414.42 398.01 407.78 3.99 -0.74 70.9 HIGH VOL
2026-05-01 Fri 412.80 417.11 410.44 414.44 1.62 + 0.40 31.4 NORMAL
2026-05-04 Mon 411.54 420.78 410.80 413.62 2.43 + 0.51 28.1 HIGH VOL
2026-05-05 Tue 415.32 416.78 408.80 411.38 1.92 -0.95 25.7 NORMAL
2026-05-06 Wed 408.00 418.42 405.11 413.96 3.26 + 1.46 30.3 HIGH VOL
2026-05-07 Thu 420.11 427.98 418.76 420.77 2.19 + 0.16 34.9 HIGH VOL
2026-05-08 Fri 417.38 418.63 414.00 415.12 1.11 -0.54 33.4 LOW VOL
2026-05-11 Mon 407.87 412.69 405.50 412.66 1.76 + 1.17 35.7 NORMAL
2026-05-12 Tue 414.48 415.50 406.64 407.77 2.14 -1.62 38.6 HIGH VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.20%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.76%
Avg Volume: 35.9M
Last Day Volume: 38.6M (107% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 5 days (50%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 1 days (10%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: LOW VOL ā NORMAL ā HIGH VOL
Last 3 days direction: DRIFT ā BULL ā BEAR
Range trend: 1.11% ā 2.14%
š Range expanding: Volatility increasing
š§ BASELINE REGIME: HIGH VOL š„
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: NORMAL ā
āā Live tape is running one regime quieter than 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 āā
HV20 Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Expanding āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā
Vol Structure āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā 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:
⢠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 (56% 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: āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāā ā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā ā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāā
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 āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā ā āāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāā
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