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Natural gas markets have a rough week

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: Jun 9, 2018, 09:20 UTC

Natural gas markets rolled over significantly during the week, reaching towards the bottom of the hammer from the previous week. It looks as if the market is ready to continue going lower, mainly because we have formed such a large, red candle, and of course closes towards the bottom, signifying that we are going to continue the bearish pressure.

Natural gas weekly chart, June 11, 2018

The natural gas markets sold off during the week, forming a very negative candle after forming a hammer from the previous week. If we continue to break down below the previous week, that would turn the hammer into a “handyman”, which of course is a very negative sign. At that point, I think the market will continue to go lower, perhaps reaching towards the uptrend line. If we break down below the uptrend line, the market then unwinds down to the $2.60 level after that, an area that was previous support. If we do this, then we are simply going back and forth in the longer-term consolidation.

The $3.00 level above should continue to be massive resistance, and I think that will continue to be a bit of a “ceiling” in the market, and I think it’s only a matter of time before we sell off on attempts to break above that level. I believe that over the longer-term, it’s likely that we will find value hunters closer to the $2.60 level, and at this point I don’t think that the longer-term outlook for this market changes much. I think we continue to go sideways overall, and therefore a range bound system is to be employed not only on short-term charts, but also longer-term charts as you can see so clearly on the weekly timeframe. I believe that we have gotten ahead of ourselves.

NATGAS Video 11.06.18

About the Author

Being FXEmpire’s analyst since the early days of the website, Chris has over 20 years of experience across various markets and assets – currencies, indices, and commodities. He is a proprietary trader as well trading institutional accounts.

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