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Natural Gas Oct '22 (NGV22)
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Natural Gas Futures Market News and Commentary

Nat-Gas Prices Under Pressure from Mild U.S. Temperatures

June Nymex natural gas (NGM23) on Thursday closed down -0.126 (-5.46%).

Jun nat-gas Friday dropped to a 2-week low and closed sharply lower.  Forecasts for seasonal U.S. temperatures that will reduce nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power air conditioning weighed on nat-gas prices.  The Commodity Weather Group is forecasting mild temperatures across the southern and eastern U.S. over the next 15 days.  Also, a plunge in European nat-gas price Friday to a 2-year low is undercutting U.S. gas prices.  

Nat-gas prices fell sharply starting in December and posted a 2-1/2 year nearest-futures low (NGK23) Apr 14 as abnormally mild weather across the northern hemisphere this past winter eroded heating demand for nat-gas.  January was the sixth-warmest across the contiguous 48 U.S. states in data from 1895.  This winter's warm temperatures have caused rising nat-gas inventories in Europe and the United States.  Gas storage across Europe was 66% full as of May 21, well... 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
$4,400/4,000
First Notice Date
09/29/22
Expiration Date
09/28/22 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Natural Gas Oct '22
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Oct Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of May 23, 2023

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Commercials - Long / Short
528,204 (-11,567)
447,367 (+2,540)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
266,908 (-1,535)
379,186 (-13,232)
Producers - Long / Short
210,298 (+4,062)
314,516 (+5,693)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
210,644 (-10,085)
25,589 (+2,391)
Managed Money - Long / Short
208,190 (+1,534)
241,097 (-8,909)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
58,718 (-3,069)
138,089 (-4,323)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
6.456 +6.38%
on 09/28/22
9.736 -29.46%
on 08/29/22
-2.401 (-25.90%)
since 08/26/22
3-Month
5.350 +28.37%
on 06/30/22
9.987 -31.23%
on 08/23/22
+0.295 (+4.49%)
since 06/28/22
52-Week
3.557 +93.08%
on 12/06/21
9.987 -31.23%
on 08/23/22
+2.947 (+75.16%)
since 09/28/21

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NGN23 : 2.361 (-2.32%)

Barchart Trading Guide

The Barchart Trading Guide is a Sell Signal with a Average Signal Strength.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 7.491
2nd Resistance Point 7.201
1st Resistance Point 7.035
Last Price 6.868s
1st Support Level 6.579
2nd Support Level 6.289
3rd Support Level 6.123

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52-Week High 9.987
Fibonacci 61.8% 7.531
Last Price 6.868s
Fibonacci 50% 6.772
Fibonacci 38.2% 6.013
52-Week Low 3.557

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