The natural gas markets fell again on Tuesday as we continue to slide overall. The market of course has to deal with the significant issue of oversupply, which doesn’t seem to be getting any better from a longer-term perspective.
Natural gas markets continue to be very noisy, drifting to the downside yet again on Tuesday as the oversupply continues to be a major issue in this market. We would return to the consolidation. Overall, this is a market that I think has plenty of issues longer-term, so I’m a seller in general. The $2.70 level is the bottom of the consolidation area currently, with the $3.00 level being the top of the consolidation area. I believe that the market will stay within these two levels for the foreseeable future. I believe that natural gas suffers from three dollars being far too expensive, because fracking companies begin to make serious money at that point. Alternately, I recognize that the bounces will occur occasionally, but those should be nice selling opportunities. I don’t have any interest in trying to buy natural gas, at least not at these high levels. Overall, I would say that selling the rallies should continue to work. The market obviously seems very comfortable in this range overall, so I don’t see any reason to think that we are going to change anytime soon. With that in mind, I sell rallies and I aim for $2.70. I recognize that there are levels every $0.10 or so that cause major reactions, so think of it as a choppy and range bound market with a downward proclivity.
The hottest months of the year are starting to become a distant memory in the United States, that will also drive down demand, which obviously will be negative for pricing as well. I have no interest in buying anytime soon, but I do recognize that towards the bottom, there should be a nice longer-term opportunity.
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.