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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, 11:03 AM EDT
Saved session: post-open
Report date: 2026-05-20
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 44.82 (-0.13) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-13.6%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 44.8 is above 60d RV 38.7: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
NVDA: $224.42 (Gap: +1.73%) š¢
Weekly Momentum: NVDA: +52.4 (1w: -73.8) strong bull š¢ | SATY +11.0 ST +50 EMA +50 D +4.2
RS vs SPY: NVDA/SPY: 0.301 (5d: +0.53%) 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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2026-05-06 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
2026-05-19 Tue 219.62 224.48 217.91 220.61 2.99 + 0.45 140.9 NORMAL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 3.60%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.87%
Avg Volume: 156.6M
Last Day Volume: 140.9M (90% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 5 days (50%)
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 1 days (10%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: NORMAL ā HIGH VOL ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: BEAR ā BEAR ā CHOP
Range trend: 3.16% ā 2.99%
š§ BASELINE REGIME: NORMAL ā
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: HIGH VOL š„
āā Live tape is running one regime hotter 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 āāā
Range Stability āāāāāāāāāā āāā
HV20 Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
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 āā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā
Regime Instability āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāā āāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā
Cross-Asset Stress āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā
š STRATEGY IMPLICATIONS:
⢠Expect fast moves, quick T1/T2 exits
⢠Options may hit 30-50%+ peaks
⢠Fewer trades but bigger winners
⢠Hard stops are more likely to trigger
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š TODAY'S TRADING PLAN
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š° POSITION SIZING:
⢠50-75% of normal size
ā” REGIME CHANGE WARNING (54% 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 āāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā 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 āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā āāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāā āāāā āāāāā āā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāā 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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