Natural Gas Technical Analysis and Near-Term Outlook
Natural gas overcame the $3.045 intra-day swing high today. This invalidated the prior primary wave down from $3.204 that had fulfilled its smaller than (0.618) at the $2.903 swing low. This is bullish for the near-term outlook and suggests that natural gas will now rise to challenge $3.09. This is the 62 percent retracement of the decline from $3.204. Closing above this would strongly imply that the corrective move down is complete and clear the way for a test of $3.15 and possibly $3.20.
With that said, the $3.045 swing high was only marginally overcome and there is now a new primary wave down from $3.204 that projects to $2.86 as the smaller than (0.618) target. Additionally, the move up from $2.903 lacks a meaningful primary wave. Therefore, there is still a reasonable chance of a deeper test of support or for prices to settle into a period of consolidation. Should natural gas take out $2.99 early tomorrow look for a test of $2.96, which, based on current technical factors is expected to hold. Key near-term support is $2.90, a close below which would call for a test of $2.86.
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