Natural Gas Technical Analysis and Near-Term Outlook
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Natural gas continued to rise and overcame a confluent $4.14 target with ease. The move up is now poised to fulfill the $4.36 XC (2.764) projection of the wave up from $2.522. The move up is due for a correction and is rising at a rate that will not be sustainable for long. The $4.36 target would normally be a probable stalling point, but this is the type of move that will likely overshoot resistance. Overcoming $4.36 will call for $4.43, $4.48, and then a test of another confluent target at $4.59.
The daily RSI is overbought and the $4.36 target is in line with the continuation chart’s mid-January $4.369 swing high. However, there are no bearish patterns or confirmed signals that call for the move up to stall. Even so, should prices pull back look for today’s $4.15 midpoint to hold. Key support is today’s $4.01 open.
