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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, 4:16 PM EDT
Saved session: post-close
Report date: 2026-05-21
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 24.68 (-3.81) š“
Vol Structure: FLAT (+7.7%) āŖ
āā 20d RV 24.7 is roughly in line with 60d RV 26.6: the realized-vol curve is steady.
MSFT: $419.09 (Gap: +0.00%) āŖ
Weekly Momentum: MSFT: +69.9 (1w: -12.1) strong bull š¢ | SATY +1.8 ST +50 EMA +50 D +36.1
RS vs SPY: MSFT/SPY: 0.568 (5d: +4.06%) 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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2026-05-08 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
2026-05-20 Wed 414.17 422.10 411.30 421.06 2.61 + 1.66 27.9 HIGH VOL
2026-05-21 Thu 424.75 426.34 415.71 419.09 2.50 -1.33 30.9 HIGH VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.39%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.45%
Avg Volume: 34.4M
Last Day Volume: 30.9M (90% 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: BEAR ā BULL ā BEAR
Range trend: 3.77% ā 2.50%
š Range contracting: Compression building...
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: MIXED/CHOP āļø
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 Contracting āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā
Vol Structure āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāā āāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā
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:
⢠No strong directional bias
⢠Quick exits and tighter targets make more sense
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 āāāāāāā āāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāā ā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāāā āāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāā āā ā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā ā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āā āā āāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāāā āāā ā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
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