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Monday, October 26, 2015

Natural Gas Corner - Technical Update - Market Gaps Lower In The Overnight Session




The November 15 natural gas contract has gapped under 2.230-2.250 support in the overnight session bottoming out at a 2.181 overnight low.

Today’s early selling follows weakness in the market last week during which the November contract was heavily sold losing .144 or 5.9% to settle Friday at 2.286.

The trend remains down with weekly chart lows at 2.168-2.180 being the next support area followed by 2.100.  Longer term support is the 2012 spot contract low of 1.902.

The overnight gap between 2.238-2.275 is the first area of resistance with longer term resistance at the 10 day moving average currently at 2.410.

Even though the technical picture remains bearish, current weakness could be the final sell off before a seasonal low is set in the market. 

The funds have been lightly added to existing long positions in the natural gas market.  Friday’s Commitment of Trader’s report showed the funds long 87,948 contracts as of last Tuesday’s close, up 2,480 from the previous week.

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

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