Natural Gas Technical Analysis and Near-Term Outlook
Natural gas briefly fell below $2.77 support before rallying above the 62 percent retracement of the decline from $3.057. The move up is poised to challenge the crucial $2.99 objective again early tomorrow. Based on today’s rise, odds favor a move above $2.99 and a test of $3.06. Settling above $3.06 will clear the way for $3.13 and likely $3.20 in the coming days.
There is little technical evidence that suggests the move up will stall again at $2.99. Even so, this has been a resilient threshold. Should $2.99 hold and prices begin to pullback again look for support at $2.89 and $2.83. Falling below $2.83 would imply that a head and shoulders pattern has formed. It is doubtful that this pattern will take shape, but such a move would reflect a bearish shift in external factors (e.g., weather) and sentiment. Closing below $2.78, the smaller than (0.618) target of the newly formed wave down from $3.057, would call for the $2.73 neckline of the head and shoulders to be broken and for prices to fall toward $2.65 and likely lower.
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