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Natural gas markets explode to the upside again on Wednesday

By
Christopher Lewis
Updated: May 24, 2018, 04:55 GMT+00:00

The natural gas markets have rallied significantly during the session on Wednesday, breaking above the $2.90 level. By breaking above there, it’s likely that we could go to the $3.00 level. I believe that short-term pullbacks continue to attract a lot of attention now that we have broken above the up-trending channel on the daily chart.

Natural gas daily chart, May 24, 2018

Natural gas markets have rallied significantly during the trading session on Wednesday, as we have now cleared above the $2.90 level. I think that there is more than enough support underneath to keep this market going forward and to the upside, at least in the short term. I believe that the $3.00 level is massive in its resistance, so I don’t think that we break above there easily. Overall, I believe that the market continues to see a lot of volatility, but most certainly more so to the upside than anything else.

If we break down below the $2.85 level, then I think we unwind to the $2.80 level. A break down below there unwinds the market towards the bottom of the overall up trending channel, but right now that seems very unlikely to happen. I believe that buying on the dips continues to be the best way to play this market, at least in the short term. I’m waiting for a longer-term exhausted daily candle the start shorting. Obviously we don’t have that quite yet, so in the meantime I think that the short-term bias must be positive, as natural gas usage seems to be picking up. Expect a lot of choppiness, but overall I would anticipate that value hunters will continue to return to this market, especially in the CFD and the futures markets. Ultimately, I believe that the $3.00 level is far to juicy of a target for traders to ignore.

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About the Author

Chris is a proprietary trader with more than 20 years of experience across various markets, including currencies, indices and commodities. As a senior analyst at FXEmpire since the website’s early days, he offers readers advanced market perspectives to navigate today’s financial landscape with confidence.

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