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Natural Gas Jun '26 (NGM26)

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Natural Gas Futures Market News and Commentary

Nat-Gas Prices Surge on Hot US Weather Forecasts

September Nymex natural gas (NGU26) closed up +0.132 (+4.96%) on Monday.

Nat-gas prices settled sharply higher on Monday on the outlook for much hotter US weather, potentially boosting nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power an expected increase in air conditioning use.  The Commodity Weather Group said on Monday that forecasts shifted to show much hotter weather in the coming weeks, particularly in the central and southern US. 

Nat-gas also found carryover support from Monday’s 11% surge in European nat-gas prices to a 2-week high on uncertainty regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, keeping European nat-gas supplies tight and potentially boosting demand for US nat-gas supplies.

Last Thursday, nat-gas prices tumbled to a 3.5-month nearest-futures low on a larger-than-expected storage build that pushed nat-gas inventories +6.7% above their 5-year seasonal average, a sign of robust supplies. 

Nat-gas prices also have some negative carryove... 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
$3,168/2,880
First Notice Date
05/28/26
Expiration Date
05/27/26 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Natural Gas Jun '26
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Jun Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Aug 4, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short
560,488 (+10,064)
373,274 (+2,514)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
287,918 (-3,425)
485,464 (+3,322)
Producers - Long / Short
229,706 (+6,747)
243,500 (+3,524)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
218,813 (+3,534)
17,805 (-793)
Managed Money - Long / Short
228,575 (-9,890)
355,508 (+11,217)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
59,343 (+6,465)
129,956 (-7,895)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
2.592 +17.28%
on 04/30/26
3.138 -3.12%
on 05/20/26
+0.311 (+11.40%)
since 04/27/26
3-Month
2.592 +17.28%
on 04/30/26
3.622 -16.07%
on 03/09/26
-0.023 (-0.75%)
since 02/27/26
52-Week
2.592 +17.28%
on 04/30/26
4.246 -28.40%
on 12/05/25
-1.046 (-25.60%)
since 05/27/25

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Barchart Trading Guide

The Barchart Trading Guide is a Buy Signal with a Soft Signal Strength.

Relative Strength just crossed above 50%. The market is indicating support for a bullish trend.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 3.309
2nd Resistance Point 3.182
1st Resistance Point 3.111
Last Price 3.040s
1st Support Level 2.913
2nd Support Level 2.786
3rd Support Level 2.715

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52-Week High 4.246
Fibonacci 61.8% 3.614
Fibonacci 50% 3.419
Fibonacci 38.2% 3.224
Last Price 3.040s
52-Week Low 2.592

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