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Friday, August 8, 2014

Natural Gas Technical Update - Rally May Not Be Over



The September 14 natural gas rallied up to but failed to clear 3.980 resistance in Thursday’s trade topping out at a 3.981 intraday high.

A late session sell off dropped the September contract to a 3.876 daily settle, down .054.  A potentially bearish outside range day (engulfing pattern Japanese candlestick) was also posted.

Yesterday’s sell off has not been confirmed with lower trade today and could be just a near term setback before the market continues higher.

A breakout above yesterday’s 3.981 high would likely confirm that a near and possibly long term low has been set in the market will the next area of resistance becoming 4.070-4.080.

The 10 day moving average is the first area of support today at 3.845 followed by the 3.761 weekly low.  Longer term support is the 3.725 low set two weeks ago.  A drop under  this low would keep the market trend bearish turning the 3.582 contract low from last November into the next downside support.

Bottom line – The next few days of trade should give an indication as to whether or not a seasonal low for the market has been set.

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

 

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