Natural Gas: 1.618 Confluence Support Zone Has Held Natural Gas was trading at this Log/Linear 1.618 Confluence Zone for a while and even confirmed a 3 white soldiers pattern from the zone, but has since been very quiet. However, it's recently begun to bring us somewhat of a bounce and has confirmed a couple of higher lows with some hidden Bullish Divergence on the MACD after holding above the Bullish Control Zone on the RSI and now it's looking to make some higher highs and could take back the entire range.
It should also be noted that this 1.618 confluence zone is at the PCZ of a 1.13 Bullish Shark.
LNG
UNG retracement complete- to uptrend again.UNG as shown on the 15-minute chart had an untrend for a week culminated by the very steep
finish to the uptrend into resistance followed by a very rapid bounce down and retracement.
A standard 50% Fibonacci retracement is now complete. UNG appears to be bounding off
the POC line of the volume profile which coincides with the 0.5 Fib level.
UNG tracks the natural gas futures, especially the leading month. It appears now ready to
resume an uptrend. This is a directional bearing on the trend for any instrument based on
natural gas prices including XNGUSD on forex.
Can XNGUSD short squeeze?XNGUSD on the weekly chart showing two years of price action with weekly candles
shows the rise in 2021 into spring 2022 then printing a head and shoulders pattern
and the reversal to deep into the support/demand zone. The volume profile shows
the majority of the trading during this time period to have been between $3.75 and
$ 8.50. It would seem likely that there are a sizeable amount of short sellers holding
positions with unrealized profits of 50% to as much as 300%. This past week had the
best buying volume in six months and provides bulls with optimism
If natural gas can gain some momentum and put in green candles with a decent price range for
a couple of weeks in a row, the combination of new buyers with new interest and short sellers
liquidating and buying to cover their unrealized gains might ignite a bit of a rally for natural
gas. I will keep natural gas on watch. I will keep in mind that a breakout without a
corresponding volume the response could be a fakeout. A stop loss would be $1.95 below the
support zone while the final target would be $4.75 below the POC line. Interval take profits
would be 10% of the forex lots every time the price rises by $0.50 for risk management and
good profit taking while underway.
BOIL LONG a 3x leverage Natural Gas ETF Natural Gas prices have finally reversed on the FOREX markets
after significant downtrends from a historical high.
BOIL on the hourly chart has reversed a two-week downtrend
and today has an increasing volume. Ir bounced off the lower
Fibonacci levels and is looking to revert to the mean. Price
was undervalued below the green fair value zone at the VWAP
+/- one standard deviation but is now heading back into it
from the buying pressure.
As a 3x leveraged ETF is prone to more volatility than the
unleveraged UNG counterpart. I will play this with a call
option contract expiring 3/31 striking $4.00 and expecting
at least a 50% return in the upcoming 8 trading days.
The risk here is that this is just a short pullback on the
downtrend but getting in early on a long and watching carefully
is the approach I have taken.
Natural gas - bottom is not in yetIf you see the majority of traders saying that the bottom for natural gas is in, then you should be sure that it isn't.
I predict that natural gas will take out these equal lows at 1.91 and we will see 1.784 soon.
The uptrend will start when no one will be talking about it.
Unfortunately, the majority of traders are in long positions and due to market liquidity, these traders need to be taken out before the market makers and institutions will buy it up again.
BOIL UPDATE LONGTERMOn the daily chart, BOIL price has never been lower and the relative volume has never
been higher in the past five years. Being mindful, this is leveraged it falls faster than an
the unleveraged counterpart of the same commodity ( UNG INL) However moves in the
opposite directions are also amplified. Horizontal red lines are drawn in consideration
of pivots on the 4H. Price was nearly $600 in 2019. Can you think of a fundamental
reason why price cannot rise from the present price to something closer to that
of 2019. To go from $4 to $600 is 150X in otherwords 15000%. Is there anything
wrong with my math or the chart?
Natural Gas gaining momentumThe rally continues, what's next for Natural Gas?
Massive long term reversal signals on watch.
European Gas March 2023: Bullish and Bearish FactorsThe idea has two parts: fundamental and technical analysis . The latter is based on the weekly chart.
On the fundamental side , several essential and minor factors affect and could affect March 2023 price change. Let's divide them into three groups.
Bullish :
Russian shutdown of gas supply to Europe
Russia has cut its European flows for the last months so that a total shutdown would be possible. Russian gas remains crucial for the European economy despite the American armada of LNG ships.
Freeport LNG plant Restart Shift
The company plans to restore the plant in January 2023. A possible postponement would support TTF prices in the winter season.
Limitations of US Gas Exports
Last winter, some US Senate members suggested limiting or prohibiting US LNG export. They estimated that the change would increase US gas supply for the internal US market, especially for New England, which is dependent on the import of gas from the gas-production states getting gas via pipelines and LNG. They said the prohibition would reduce high gas prices for customers and industry. In July, LNG winter 2023 prices for New England touched a record high of $40/MMBtu, while Henry Hub traded at about $8.6/MMBtu. I suppose that senators would return to the idea, especially since the US elections are in November. Although the risk is low, its realization could dramatically affect the TTF price assessment. Analysts and think tanks have considered possible Russian gas cuts but haven't accessed a potential US gas supply reduction.
French Nuclear Plants Outages
Since the end of 2021, the French nuclear industry has been weak with planned and unplanned maintenance. As a result, nuclear output has lost more than 40% YoY of its output. While serious issues are unlikely to arise, new minor obstacles could buoy TTF prices.
Dry Summer
The continuation of the European 2022 dry summer led to abbreviated hydropower production. On the back of hydropower reduction, natural gas-power generation increases its output and gas consumption, driving subdued gas injection into storage facilities. Subdued gas injection in summer means less gas for winter, creating a possible gas deficit.
Bearish:
Slowing European Economy and Demand Destruction
High inflation induced by the monetary policy of 2020-2021 provokes a decline in real incomes and makes some industrial production unprofitable or near break-even. These debilitate aggregate demand, particularly industrial output of fertilizers, ceramics, and other chemicals. Industries that are heavily reliant on gas are cutting their gas consumption today. Lasting historically high gas prices would promote a decrease in gas utilization. The demand destruction could happen among all consumers: power, industrial and individual. A new recession is near. ECB monetary policy with a growing rate also adds problems to the economy. The rate is still tiny, but debt bubbles are sensitive to interest rate change. The bust of bubbles would drop economic growth and curtail gas demand pushing TTF prices down.
Slowing world economy
The world economy suffers from high prices losing economic growth momentum. A move into a recession would trigger a decline in gas consumption lowering LNG gas prices and letting LNG producers increase LNG sendout to Europe.
Voluntary Demand Reductions of 15% and Gas Rationing
Energy ministers of Europe adopted plans to voluntarily cut gas demand by 15% from August until March 31, 2022. In case of emergency, like near zero Russian flows, the voluntary reduction changes to mandatory. i.e., gas rationing. The actions could divert rising prices.
Covid Lockdowns in Europe
Europe has prepared different measures to withstand possible gas issues in winter. Besides voluntary reduction or rationing Europe could return to the lockdowns of 2020, when gas consumption dramatically went down because industrial production of goods collapsed. Since June 2022, the media has published news about a new variant of Covid. Countries could impose Covid-related limitations this fall. Unstable gas consumption and gas shortage would drive for a Covid or climate lockdown. A good measure to cut gas demand and destroy the economy.
Covid Lockdowns in China
Despite possible lockdowns of 2022-2023 in Europe, lockdowns in China happened in the last months and could be imposed again. An effect of prohibitions has hit the Chinese economy and cut gas consumption resulting in freeing up the supply for other consumers, i.e., Europe. New Chinese lockdowns would mean more gas for Europe.
Joker :
The joker that could be a bullish or bearish driver is the weather. They can't predict winter weather today. Lasting temperatures above season norms in winter could be a lifesaver for Europe, dropping gas consumption and its prices. Cold spells and lingering temperatures under the winter season average would lift prices significantly. Near-average temperatures would put the significance of the factor on hold. While in summer, it is vice versa. Temperatures above the norms slow gas storage injection and slightly increase a lack of gas risk in the winter season.
On the technical side , there are no resistance levels cause the contract is traded near its record high. Only psychological levels like €200/MWh , €300/MWh , and higher. On the bulls' side, there are many support levels. For those practicing buy a bounce trading , essential levels are €125/MWh , €100/MWh , and €86/MWh . The last one developed in the December 2021-April 2022 period. I estimate that Gazprom made a significant contribution to its existence. Gazprom's export price to Europe, which was pegged to a fusion of lagged prices of fossil fuels, including TTF, was near to €86/MWh . So when the market price rose significantly above the level, market participants cut their demand because Gazprom sold cheaper. When the price tried to break through €86/MWh and went down, Gazprom trimmed its flows to Europe. All in all, this helped the company to control its revenues on the same level. Since then, it has not been the case because Gazprom has changed its approach.
Finally, I am afraid to forecast the price on the expiration date. I suppose the price would remain volatile, and we could see spikes above €200/MWh in the winter season.
Thank you for your reading, and have profitable trading! Comment your thoughts!
GOLAR looking like a buyPurely technical analysis based buy-point here. We can see a clear demand zone between 21-22 USD. Unfortunately, the weekly 20EMA was just backtested and got rejected, which ultimately led to declining price action.
As all the signs are not there to be 100% sure about the trade, I set the stop level at 21 USD, which reduces the risk of this trade going ballistics. Entry target at 22 USD, and risk/reward at a solid 4.
This bad boy has been a while in my long-term portfolio, and I was hoping to get a little bit larger position on this. This may be that time... As a European citizen, I do see a large demand for liquified natural gas in the future and tremendous investments in the energy sector, which benefits Golar a lot.
Thanks for reading fellas!
XNGUSD ready to reverse recent downtrend LONGXNGUSD has been on a long downtrend. On the 1 H Chart,
a falling wedge is seen awaiting a breakout. Moving Average slopes are
decreasing their negativity towards zero. ATR / Volatility is decreasing
as is the downtrend momentum on the average directional index indicator.
I see this as a long swing trade setting up for forex or alternatively
a natural gas ETF like UNL / UNG or a natural gas stock like LNG. This
trade would be propelled by the dollar losing strength, inflation being
sustained, WW III in Europe continuing and the weather turning cooler the
remainder of the winter.
Natural Gas collapsing! Yet another deflationary signNatural gas in the US is collapsing. In part this has to do with LNG exports to the rest of the world being halted due to a fire to one of the export terminals. However in my honest opinion, there is more to it. It probably has to do more with the deflationary forces taking over, as high interest rates, money supply shrinking and inflation being too high, have destroyed demand to a very large extend. At the same time we are seeing progress in the energy space, with more projects and drilling taking place, as the ESG movement is taking a hit. The green movement needs to be sidetracked for a while, as we need cheap energy right now. Otherwise the war in Ukraine won't stop in Ukraine and we are gonna have famine in most of the world.
So where would I be looking to buy natural gas? Or until what level would I be willing to short it? Based on an average I created which includes several futures contracts, I think that closing shorts at around 5$ is a good idea, yet buying a lot of NatGas with significant upside, I'd say start buying between 3-4$.
Update on US Henry Hub Natural Gas Prices – December 2022A cold weather snap forecast across much of the United States is driving demand for natural gas as a heating fuel higher. Prices of front month Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures have risen over the past week as a result. The front of the curve has moved more than the rest of the curve. The curve is now close to where it was two weeks ago.
Natural gas in storage is within seasonally normal range. Since June 2022, when Freeport LNG Terminal had to shut down after a fire, natural gas storage in the US has been ramped up as the gas produced in the US can no longer be exported at the same volume as prior to the shut-down. Freeport LNG accounts for close to 20% of US export capacity. Its re-opening has been delayed many times and the latest guidance from Freeport is a partial opening in mid-December 2022 and full production in March 2023 . However, in an email statement to Reuters they have pushed the reopening to end-of-year , and we remain sceptical that there will be any flow of LNG from the terminal this side of the of the New Year.
Ample storage could drive US natural gas prices lower when the cold weather snap passes.
Europe has been able to fill its natural gas storage capacity to close to 90% coming into the start of the winter period (October 2022) and is now drawing on that capacity at a slower than expected rate due to thrifting and an initially milder-than-expected weather pattern. However, colder weather has arrived, which could drive higher demand. Natural gas flows to Europe from Russia have slowed to a trickle and hence the region is reliant on Liquified Natural Gas from elsewhere. Unfortunately, with Freeport LNG offline, the US will not participate fully in meeting this demand over the coming weeks, but US Henry Hub may get a boost when Freeport LNG opens.
The European Union is currently trying to implement a price cap on imports. There is no final deal to speak of, but the European Commission’s proposal, is for a market correction mechanism that would kick in when the price of month-ahead contracts on the Dutch Title Transfer Facility exceeded €275 ($290) per megawatt hour and the gap between world prices was greater than €58 . Any success in approving this price cap, could limit upside for US Henry Hub used as feedstock for LNG exports to Europe. However, with the price gap between US and European natural gas prices being so wide (almost 6 times ), we believe the upside could nevertheless very large.
Source:
1 FREE PORTING NEW ROUTER
2 Reuters
3 Bloomberg 13/12/2022
4 WisdomTree calculation on 13/12/2022 using Dutch TTF Gas 1st Line Financial Futures (USD/MMBTU) as published by ICE Endex who convert megawatt hour to Metric Million British Thermal Unit (MMBTU) and USD using the WM/Refinitiv Closing EURUSD Spot Rates as published by Refinitiv at 4 pm UK time and Henry Hub Front month futures.
End of the lineCheniere Energy Inc. (LNG) stock has been on the rip since the Russian invasion on Ukraine in Febuary of '22. Russian invasion has shaken the global flows of natural gas and has enabled USA to replace Russia as dominant supplied of natural gas to Europe.
Cheniere is the company which basically dominates the shipping of LNG across the Atlantic, so its no wonder their stock did more than 50% since the start of the war.
As Natural gas, and energy prices in general, are slowly correcting to pre-war levels it makes sense for LNG stock to correct to its former support. It happens that support at about $120 is the same support which was tested after the war broke out, and the stock broke out to new highs.
LNG ( Natural Gas ) Breakout from Cup and Handle LONGThis is a classical chart pattern. The bullish continuation would be
expected to be about $25.00 of upside given the height of the cup.
The short time MAs have crossed the intermediate MA from underneath
in a "Golden Cross" while positive momentum just started on the
squeeze indicator. Fundamentally this makes sense with the
winter heating season and the energy sector the best performing
this year. I will choose a Feb 23 call option 15% above current
price.
ina
HYUNDAI IS ALREADY CARRYING LNG, DO YOU KNOW ⁉️Ranks analytical crew welcomes everyone!
Today we will analyze the shares of a curious subsidiary of the automaker Hyundai from South Korea.
Hyundai Glovis Co Ltd (#GLOVS) – Ranks score - 94 %
The company operates in 3 sectors:
🔘 Logistics (auto parts and industrial goods)
🔘 Ocean cargo transportation (auto and industrial goods)
🔘 Distribution (used cars and metals)
Future businesses that the company plans to develop:
🔘 Smart logistics (using the Internet of Things)
🔘 Hydrogen business (logistics of hydrogen transportation)
🔘 Used electric car batteries (transportation and processing)
Why is it interesting to Ranks analysts ❓
🥇 The company is a major logistics operator of international cargo terminals + participates in the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG)
🥈 The company has an outstanding financial position + it pays dividends
🥉 Valuation multipliers are very attractive + 94% of analysts recommend buying
What are the risks ❓
❌ The company reported worse than expected earnings in the 3rd quarter
❌ Global fuel cost growth limits profitability
Possible BOIL Cup and Handle in formation ENERGY PLAY LONGBOIL could be setting up a long continuation trade
Now working on the handle. MACD shows the lines crossed
while under the histogram is very often an excellent sign.
Time will tell- My preferred trade will be call options
expiring in late January or February.
( This is a triple-leveraged natural gas play with
the upcoming winter heating season expected to be
expensive especially in Europe. The inverse is KOLD
which would be a good put option right now.)
AMEX:BOIL
LNG daily break of the up trendline B wave correctionOrder SELL LNG AMEX Stop 168.63 LMT 168.63 will be automatically canceled at 20230401 01:00:00 EST
LNG daily break of the up trendline B wave correction there's nothing in our way.
LNG Natural Gas Energy Play LongAMEX:LNG
LNG having trended down with the fall in the price of natural gas is now sitting in the support zone.
I anticipate an up-trending retracement to potentially as up as the resistance zone.
Rising relative volume and rising relative strength lend support to a reversal as does
the consolidation in the price of natural gas after a recent fall.
As a swing long trade the stop loss is below the support zone with the first target of about $ 160 or a 50% retracement
and the final target at $ 167 before resistance.
LNG bearish hammer on daily with exhaustion volumeLNG daily closed in bearish hammer with exhaustion volume at historical high in what seems to be the end of wave 5. Have to take this one!
9/18/22 LNGCheniere Energy ( AMEX:LNG )
Sector: Industrial Services (Oil & Gas Pipelines)
Market Capitalization: $41.776B
Current Price: $167.25
Breakout Price: $172.15
Buy Zone (Top/Bottom Range): $164.15-$151.00
Price Target: $195.90-$197.30
Estimated Duration to Target: 56-59d
Contract of Interest: $LNG 12/16/22 170c
Trade price as of publish date: $13.90/contract