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Natural Gas Aug '16 (NGQ16)

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Natural Gas Futures Market News and Commentary

Nat-Gas Prices Rebound on Cooler US Weather Forecasts

May Nymex natural gas (NGK24) on Tuesday closed up by +0.041 (+2.42%).

May nat gas prices Tuesday recovered from a 3-week nearest-futures low and closed moderately higher.  Nat-gas prices rallied on updated weather forecasts calling for cooler US temperatures.  Maxar Technologies said some parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast will see a cooler air mass from a front exiting the East Coast from April 21-25.

Nat-gas prices have collapsed earlier this year, with nearest-futures (NGJ24) posting a 3-3/4 year low on March 26 as an unusually mild winter curbed heating consumption for nat-gas and pushed inventories well above average.  As of April 5, US nat-gas inventories were +38.4% above their 5-year seasonal average, signaling abundant nat-gas supplies.  

Nat-gas prices are also under pressure after the Freeport LNG nat-gas export terminal in Texas on March 1 shut down one of its three production units due to damage from extreme cold in Texas.  The unit recently reop... 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
$2,993/2,721
First Notice Date
07/28/16
Expiration Date
07/27/16 (expired)

Seasonal Chart

Natural Gas Aug '16
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Aug Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Apr 9, 2024

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Commercials - Long / Short
575,443 (-11,319)
472,189 (-18,543)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
320,180 (-24,013)
448,077 (-14,846)
Producers - Long / Short
227,457 (+9,620)
317,137 (+9,067)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
210,395 (+7,390)
17,461 (+719)
Managed Money - Long / Short
228,403 (-20,448)
316,950 (-15,587)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
91,777 (-3,565)
131,127 (+741)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
2.625 +1.79%
on 07/21/16
2.998 -10.87%
on 07/01/16
-0.069 (-2.52%)
since 06/27/16
3-Month
2.157 +23.88%
on 05/19/16
2.998 -10.87%
on 07/01/16
+0.279 (+11.66%)
since 04/27/16
52-Week
1.990 +34.27%
on 02/29/16
3.128 -14.58%
on 07/29/15
-0.419 (-13.56%)
since 07/27/15

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CLK24 : 85.39 (+0.04%)
QAM24 : 90.10 (+0.09%)
RBK24 : 2.8198 (-0.09%)
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NGK24 : 1.682 (-2.89%)
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FLK24 : 1.66500s (+0.30%)
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RBM24 : 2.7898 (-0.05%)
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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point N/A
2nd Resistance Point 2.788
1st Resistance Point 2.730
Last Price 2.672s
1st Support Level 2.634
2nd Support Level 2.596
3rd Support Level N/A

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52-Week High 3.128
Fibonacci 61.8% 2.693
Last Price 2.672s
Fibonacci 50% 2.559
Fibonacci 38.2% 2.425
52-Week Low 1.990

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