Natural Gas Technical Analysis and Near-Term Outlook
Natural gas has taken on a more bullish outlook during the past week. The primary subwave up from $2.534 settled above its $2.92 smaller than (0.618) target and favors a test of its $3.03 equal to (1.00) target. The move up is beginning to look exhausted though, so settling above $3.03 will likely be a challenge during the next few days. Even so, this would clear the way for $3.03 and possibly $3.13, which is the highest that the primary wave up from $2.521 projects.
With that said, the move up has stalled just below the psychologically important $3.00 level at $2.988 and formed a bearish shooting star today. Therefore, there is a good chance for a test of $2.91 first. This is Tuesday’s midpoint and the completion point of the shooting star. Closing below $2.91 will call for a test of the shooting star’s $2.87 confirmation point. Confirming the shooting star would call for a deeper test of support before rising to challenge targets around $3.00 again.
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