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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Natural Gas Corner - Technical Update - Market Rallying Off Key Support




Natural gas prices moved back higher on Monday from key support reached late last week with the September 15 contract gaining .032 to settle at 2.748.

With support holding again at last Friday’s 2.706, buyers have come back in on short-covering  and new technical buying.  Buying has continued overnight moving the September contract back toward 10 day moving average resistance at 2.800 followed by the 40 day average at 2.825. 

A breakout above moving average resistance would turn last week’s 2.895 high into the next upside resistance followed by weekly high resistance between 2.950-2.980.

The current rally will likely fade at one of the above mentioned resistance area to be followed by another sell off back lower.  Longer term, a breakout from the 3 ½ month sideways range is expected which should drop the market under 2.590-2.600 weekly support to set new price lows in the market.

There is a smaller (25%) chance the breakout from the sideways range will instead come to the upside above 2.950-2.980 resistance.  If this occurs, the longer term market trend will turn back up.

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

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