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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 28, 2026, 11:16 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-05-28
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 23.23 (-0.27) š”
Vol Structure: CONTANGO (+12.3%) ā
āā 20d RV 23.2 sits below 60d RV 26.1: near-term volatility is compressed versus the medium-term baseline.
MSFT: $423.67 (Gap: +2.67%) š¢
Weekly Momentum: MSFT: +41.9 (1w: -24.5) strong bull š¢ | SATY -9.6 ST +50 EMA -50 D +46.6
RS vs SPY: MSFT/SPY: 0.550 (5d: -3.34%) š“
Mag 7 Breadth: 4/7 above 20d (5d: -14.3pp) š“
Tech Leadership: XLK/QQQ: 0.253 (5d: +2.38%) 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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š“ Fri 06/05 08:30: Jobs Report
š LAST 10 TRADING DAYS
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Date Day Open High Low Close Range% Move% Vol(M) Regime
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2026-05-13 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 31.4 HIGH VOL
2026-05-22 Fri 419.54 424.40 416.33 418.57 1.92 -0.23 22.4 NORMAL
2026-05-26 Tue 416.43 419.77 413.02 416.03 1.62 -0.10 30.4 NORMAL
2026-05-27 Wed 411.01 415.94 409.58 412.67 1.55 + 0.40 28.9 NORMAL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 2.40%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.19%
Avg Volume: 34.1M
Last Day Volume: 28.9M (85% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 6 days (60%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 3 days (30%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 1 days (10%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: NORMAL ā NORMAL ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: CHOP ā CHOP ā DRIFT
Range trend: 1.92% ā 1.55%
š Range contracting: Compression building...
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 āāāā
Range Stability āāāāāāāāāā āāā
HV20 Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Contracting āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā
Vol Structure āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āāāā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā
Event Risk āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā
Regime Consistent āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āā āāāāā āāāāāā
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: āāāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāā āāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā
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 āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āā āā āāā āāā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
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