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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (NVDA)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Wed, May 20, 2026, 9:13 AM EDT
Saved session: pre-open
Report date: 2026-05-20
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 44.95 (+0.51) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-13.9%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 45.0 is above 60d RV 38.7: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
NVDA: $223.08 (Gap: +0.34%) š¢
Weekly Momentum: NVDA: +64.9 (1w: -61.2) strong bull š¢ | SATY +15.4 ST +50 EMA +50 D +6.4
RS vs SPY: NVDA/SPY: 0.301 (5d: +1.40%) š¢
Mag 7 Breadth: 5/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Semis RS: SMH/QQQ: 0.775 (5d: -2.29%) š“
Model note: Mag 7 stock model tracks NVDA/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“ Wed 05/27 after close: Nvidia earnings
š LAST 10 TRADING DAYS
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Date Day Open High Low Close Range% Move% Vol(M) Regime
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2026-05-05 Tue 199.30 200.24 196.03 196.50 2.11 -1.40 113.4 LOW VOL
2026-05-06 Wed 199.89 208.26 198.61 207.83 4.83 + 3.97 188.4 HIGH VOL
2026-05-07 Thu 208.34 214.20 206.50 211.50 3.70 + 1.52 168.3 HIGH VOL
2026-05-08 Fri 213.03 217.80 212.89 215.20 2.30 + 1.02 136.4 LOW VOL
2026-05-11 Mon 214.03 222.30 213.89 219.44 3.93 + 2.53 160.7 HIGH VOL
2026-05-12 Tue 218.54 223.75 214.92 220.78 4.04 + 1.02 159.2 HIGH VOL
2026-05-13 Wed 224.93 227.84 221.57 225.83 2.79 + 0.40 150.4 NORMAL
2026-05-14 Thu 229.85 236.54 229.30 235.74 3.15 + 2.56 180.8 NORMAL
2026-05-15 Fri 229.76 231.50 224.24 225.32 3.16 -1.93 181.0 NORMAL
2026-05-18 Mon 229.87 230.00 218.37 222.32 5.06 -3.28 146.3 HIGH VOL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 3.51%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.96%
Avg Volume: 154.9M
Last Day Volume: 146.3M (94% 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 NORMAL ā HIGH VOL
Last 3 days direction: BULL ā BEAR ā BEAR
Range trend: 3.15% ā 5.06%
š Range expanding: Volatility increasing
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: MIXED/CHOP āļø
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 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 āā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā
Regime Mixed āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā
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 (55% probability):
⢠Conditions may shift from the current regime
⢠Stay flexible and wait for confirmation
⢠Watch the first 30 minutes closely
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
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 āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāā āā āāā āāāāāā āā āāā āāāāāā 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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