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Natural Gas Sep '18 (NGU18)

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Natural Gas Futures Market News and Commentary

Nat-Gas Prices Rebound on the Outlook for a Large Storage Withdrawal

January Nymex natural gas (NGF26) on Wednesday closed up by +0.021 (+0.46%).

Jan nat-gas prices recovered from a 2-week low on Wednesday and settled higher.  Short covering emerged in nat-gas futures on Wednesday amid expectations of a significant drawdown in weekly US nat-gas storage.  The consensus is that Thursday's weekly EIA nat-gas inventories will fall by -170 bcf for the week ended Dec 5, a much larger draw than the 5-year average for the week of -89 bcf.

Nat-gas prices initially extended this week's slide on Wednesday due to forecasts of warmer US weather, which will reduce nat-gas heating demand, prompting heavy liquidation in nat-gas futures.   Forecaster Atmospheric G2 said Wednesday that temperatures will trend warmer across the eastern and southern US for December 20-24.

Higher US nat-gas production is a bearish factor for prices.  On Tuesday, the EIA raised its forecast for 2025 US nat-gas production to 107.74 bcf/day from its November estimate of 10... 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
$4,810/4,373
First Notice Date
08/30/18
Expiration Date
08/29/18 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Natural Gas Sep '18
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Sep Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Nov 10, 2025

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Commercials - Long / Short
548,505 (-8,126)
422,969 (-5,535)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
218,245 (-19,959)
358,274 (-21,469)
Producers - Long / Short
224,346 (-7,325)
237,389 (-5,561)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
174,685 (-1,287)
36,106 (-460)
Managed Money - Long / Short
166,846 (-21,733)
219,666 (-12,899)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
51,399 (+1,774)
138,608 (-8,570)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
2.740 +5.66%
on 08/02/18
2.993 -3.27%
on 08/22/18
+0.113 (+4.06%)
since 07/27/18
3-Month
2.671 +8.39%
on 07/19/18
3.018 -4.08%
on 06/18/18
-0.014 (-0.48%)
since 05/29/18
52-Week
2.592 +11.69%
on 12/21/17
3.021 -4.17%
on 10/23/17
-0.006 (-0.21%)
since 08/28/17

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 2.943
1st Resistance Point 2.919
Last Price 2.895s
1st Support Level 2.857
2nd Support Level 2.819
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 3.021
Last Price 2.895s
Fibonacci 61.8% 2.857
Fibonacci 50% 2.806
Fibonacci 38.2% 2.756
52-Week Low 2.592

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