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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (MSFT)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Thu, May 21, 2026, 9:22 AM EDT
Saved session: pre-open
Report date: 2026-05-21
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 29.34 (+0.00) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-7.1%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 29.3 is above 60d RV 27.2: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
MSFT: $417.71 (Gap: +0.07%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: MSFT: +61.7 (1w: -20.3) strong bull š¢ | SATY -0.8 ST +50 EMA +50 D +34.2
RS vs SPY: MSFT/SPY: 0.569 (5d: +2.99%) š¢
Mag 7 Breadth: 5/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Tech Leadership: XLK/QQQ: 0.248 (5d: +0.38%) 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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2026-05-06 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 NORMAL
2026-05-13 Wed 403.20 406.31 401.03 405.21 1.31 + 0.50 29.7 LOW VOL
2026-05-14 Thu 404.48 411.84 400.88 409.43 2.71 + 1.22 27.1 HIGH VOL
2026-05-15 Fri 414.27 428.17 412.91 421.92 3.68 + 1.85 50.8 HIGH VOL
2026-05-18 Mon 416.62 425.12 415.61 423.54 2.28 + 1.66 32.6 HIGH VOL
2026-05-19 Tue 429.90 432.70 416.49 417.42 3.77 -2.90 33.0 HIGH VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.42%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.31%
Avg Volume: 34.8M
Last Day Volume: 33.0M (95% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 6 days (60%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 2 days (20%)
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 BULL ā BEAR
Range trend: 3.68% ā 3.77%
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 āā
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:
⢠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
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
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 āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā 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: āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
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