Natural Gas Futures
Natural gas futures in the March contract are currently trading at 2.44 after settling last Friday at 2.69 continuing its bearish momentum. Forecasts for warmer U.S. weather will curb heating demand for nat-gas continue to weigh on nat-gas prices.
On Thursday, the Weather Commodity Group said that the U.S. South and Midwest should see higher-than-normal temperatures predominantly over the next 2 weeks and that prior forecasts for a polar vortex in the Arctic to drop down into the U.S. later this month is not going to materialize. I'm not involved as I keep a close eye on a possible counter-trend trade. I think the spike bottom, which was created on December 28th around the 2.26 level, will hold as a possible Head Shoulders bottom pattern could be forming, in my opinion.
Natural gas prices are trading below their 20 and 100-day moving average as this trend remains lower to choppy. Still, I think this commodity will join the rest of the energy sector to the upside; it's just a matter of when the risk/reward will become more in your favor, especially if cheaper prices come about, so be patient and sit on the sidelines.
TREND: HIGHER
CHART STRUCTURE: POOR
VOLATILITY: HIGH
Copper Futures
Copper futures in the March contract is currently trading lower by 260 points at 3.6215 a pound after settling last Friday in New York at 3.6020, up about 200 points for the week still stuck in a tight 6-week consolidation pattern. Continue reading "Will The Futures Market Heat Up?"