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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, 4:14 PM EDT
Saved session: post-close
Report date: 2026-05-13
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 28.41 (-4.35) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-4.2%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 28.4 is above 60d RV 27.2: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
MSFT: $405.21 (Gap: +0.00%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: MSFT: -10.5 (1w: -68.9) bear š“ | SATY -14.2 ST +50 EMA -50 D +11.6
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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2026-04-30 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
2026-05-13 Wed 403.20 406.31 401.03 405.21 1.31 + 0.50 27.6 LOW VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.17%
Avg Absolute Move: 0.80%
Avg Volume: 35.1M
Last Day Volume: 27.6M (79% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 5 days (50%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: NORMAL ā HIGH VOL ā LOW VOL
Last 3 days direction: BULL ā BEAR ā DRIFT
Range trend: 1.76% ā 1.31%
š§ BASELINE REGIME: LOW VOL ā ļø
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: LOW VOL ā ļø
āā Live tape is broadly in line with 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 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:
⢠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 MSFT 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 āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāā ā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā 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 āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā 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: āāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāā
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