Natural gas markets have been very noisy during thin trading on the electronic exchanges during the Independence Day holiday. While liquidity will affect almost all markets out there, natural gas is especially vulnerable as most of the trading is done in the United States.
Natural gas markets initially trying to rally during thin trading on Wednesday but turned around at the $2.89 level to reach towards the $2.85 level in the abbreviated volume. I think that the market is probably going to continue to go lower, so at this point I think that it’s only a matter of time before the sellers continue to push this market lower. If we can break down below the $2.85 level significantly, the market probably goes down to the $2.80 level next, and then eventually the $2.70 level after that. I think rallies are to be sold as the longer-term fundamental certainly are negative for natural gas, and as the heatwave in the United States is getting close to being over, that should drive down a bit of demand as well.
Further compounding the situation is that the US dollar has been strengthening longer-term, so I think that it’s only a matter of time before the currency comes into play as well. I think that the market has a massive “ceiling” at the $3.00 level, which is an area that should continue to be very important for the longer-term. Short-term buying could be possible above the $2.90 level, but at this point I think it’s probably safer to simply wait for some type of exhaustion above to take advantage of. Longer-term, the $2.60 level is the bottom of the overall consolidation area that has been a major feature of this market for quite some time.
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.