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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Natural Gas Technical Update - Big Sell Off On Thursday



The September 14 natural gas contract was heavily sold in Wednesday’s trade erasing   of 6 days of gains in just one session.  Losses for the day amounted to .143 or 3.6% with the contract settling at 3.831.

Several levels of support were broken yesterday by the September contract the first being the 10 day moving average at 3.890 followed by 3.860.  

The final level of support near 3.800 has not been broken and could be an area the trend turns back higher if it continues to hold.

Upside resistance for today begins at the 10 day moving average at 3.890 followed by the 4.020 weekly high.  Longer term resistance is between 4.050-4.100 which needs to be broken to turn the longer term trend back higher.

If 3.800 support is broken, the trend will remain down with 3.760 and the 3.725 low set three weeks ago being the next areas of support.  If 3.725 support is broken, the 3.582 low set last November will become the next downside objective.

Bottom line – Key test of underlying support following yesterday’s sell off.  Failure to break under 3.725 over the next few days could indicate a market low is in place.

Technical Indicators:  Moving Average Alignment – Bearish
                                         Long Term Trend Following Index – Bearish
                                         Short Term Trend Following Index - Bullish

 

 

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