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Natural Gas May '19 (NGK19)

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Natural Gas Futures Market News and Commentary

Nat-Gas Prices Fall Ahead of Opening of Texas Pipeline

October Nymex natural gas (NGV26) on Friday closed down -0.026 (-0.89%).

Nat-gas prices settled lower on Friday ahead of Energy Transfer LP’s scheduled start date next week for its Hugh Brinson pipeline in Texas.  The pipeline, scheduled to begin service on September 1, will be able to move about 2.2 bcf/day of gas from the Permian Basin to East Texas, potentially boosting domestic nat-gas supplies at Erath, Louisiana, where benchmark US gas futures are traded at the Henry Hub. 

Losses in nat-gas prices were limited on Friday ahead of hot US weather next week, which could boost nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power increased air-conditioning use.  According to the Commodity Weather Group, above-average temperatures are expected across the eastern two-thirds of the US from September 2-11.

As a positive factor for gas prices, the Edison Electric Institute reported Wednesday that US (lower-48) electricity output in the week ended August 22 rose +6.1% y/y... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Natural Gas
Contract Size
10,000 MMBtu (million British thermal units)
Tick Size
0.001 per MMBtu ($10.00 per contract)
Trading Hours
5:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. (Sun-Fri) (RTH 8:00a.m. - 1:30p.m.) (Settles 1:30p.m.) CST
Exchange
NYMEX
Point Value
$10,000
Margin/Maintenance
$3,391/3,083
First Notice Date
04/29/19
Expiration Date
04/26/19 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Natural Gas May '19
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior May Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Aug 25, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short
572,041 (+7,457)
384,304 (+8,046)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
313,777 (+2,971)
511,709 (-2,600)
Producers - Long / Short
236,602 (+5,418)
255,587 (+7,617)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
224,394 (+653)
17,672 (-957)
Managed Money - Long / Short
269,125 (+3,886)
340,798 (-24,521)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
44,652 (-915)
170,911 (+21,921)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
2.439 +5.21%
on 04/25/19
2.752 -6.76%
on 03/28/19
-0.185 (-6.72%)
since 03/26/19
3-Month
2.439 +5.21%
on 04/25/19
2.897 -11.43%
on 03/19/19
-0.302 (-10.53%)
since 01/25/19
52-Week
2.439 +5.21%
on 04/25/19
2.926 -12.30%
on 12/10/18
-0.016 (-0.62%)
since 04/26/18

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 2.644
1st Resistance Point 2.605
Last Price 2.566s
1st Support Level 2.502
2nd Support Level 2.438
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 2.926
Fibonacci 61.8% 2.740
Fibonacci 50% 2.682
Fibonacci 38.2% 2.625
Last Price 2.566s
52-Week Low 2.439

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