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💥 Natural Gas Gas Gas 📈Do I have to recap the current geopolitics for you? Germany is navigating to its black-out because the gas supply from Russia is being capped (stupid German politicians but okay). Because of the lack of nuclear energy, the Europeans will have a certain electricity problem - at least Germany in the coming winter. So, they will import US natural gas on a large scale. That's the story in a nutshell. The FED and ECB have bloated the circulating money so that some inflation will play its part too. Looking at the technicals: We are about to break this triangle formation to the upside. If this breakout gets confirmed, I'm expecting perhaps a re-test of the trendline or breakout level and then a further upward move. According to the seasonality of the last ten years, Natural Gas has the first spike at the end of April , after this a little bit higher after the middle of May before dropping hard at the beginning of June . Honestly, I don't know if the seasonality in these global circumstances plays a dominant role. It depends on how strong the inflation kicks in. So I'll decide later if I exit my position in May or if I hodl until October/November. No investment advice - just my 2 cents on this topic. ;)
NYMEX:NG1!Long
by p4917
5
Natural Gas’s Price Is As Combustible as the Energy CommodityVolatility in markets creates opportunity, but as risk is always a function of reward, the more the upside, the greater the potential for losses. Since natural gas futures began trading on the NYMEX in 1990, more than a few market participants have lost fortunes in the market that has traded as low as $1.02 and as high as $15.65 per MMBtu. Over five times higher since June 2020 US LNG to Asia was sold out for more than a decade A very volatile energy commodity Europe’s dependence on Russia causes supply issues If prices in Europe are a guide, we could see a challenge to the 2008 and 2005 highs The high came in 2005 when a devastating hurricane destroyed natural gas infrastructure along the US Gulf Coast at the NYMEX delivery point at the Henry Hub in Erath, Louisiana. Another storm in 2008 took the price above the $10 per MMBtu level but to a lower high. Over the next twelve years, the natural gas market changed. Massive discoveries of quadrillions of cubic feet of natural gas in the US Marcellus and Utica shale regions and technological advances in fracking and extracting natural gas from the earth’s crust caused the supplies to soar and the price to decline. Since necessity is the mother of invention, two new demand verticals developed. Natural gas replaced coal in the US for power generation. Meanwhile, turning gas into liquid for transport beyond the US pipeline network created an export market for the energy commodity. In 2020, the price fell to the lowest level since 1995 at below $1.50 per MMBtu. Since then, the bear has transformed into a bull. Over five times higher since June 2020 The most recent peak in the natural gas futures arena took the price to $8.0650 on April 18. The weekly chart shows the explosive move from the $1.44 level in late June 2020 to the April 18 high, over five and one-half times higher in less than two years. Moving to a multi-year high as the peak season for demand approaches is one thing, but this rally comes as the peak season ended in March. US LNG to Asia was sold out for more than a decade The natural gas price in Asia has been far above US prices for years. The domestic US natural gas market’s transformation and expanding the addressable market far beyond the US pipeline network has made the energy commodity and NYMEX natural gas futures market more sensitive to international prices and supply and demand fundamentals. Cheniere Energy (LNG) is a leading supplier of liquefied natural gas that travels worldwide on ocean vessels. In 2021, Cheniere’s CEO told CNBC that the company was sold out of LNG for more than a decade after signing long-term supply contracts with Asian consumers. Asian prices were multiples of US prices, making the business highly profitable. Cheniere’s share price has reflected the booming demand for LNG. LNG shares rose from $27.06 in March 2020 to the most recent high of $149.42 in March 2022. At the $135.70 level on April 22, LNG shares reflect the growing demand for their energy product. While the shares and revenues exploded higher, earnings have been elusive. The chart shows the negative earnings trend since Q1 2021. A survey of twenty analysts on Yahoo Finance has an average price target of $149.50 for LNG shares, with forecasts ranging from $61 to $180 per share. LNG is a leader, but the EPS issue could cause the stock to become as volatile as the natural gas price over the past week. A very volatile energy commodity While price ranges tend to widen at higher levels, natural gas volatility was head-spinning over the past week. As the daily chart of May NYMEX natural gas futures highlights, after trading to a high of $8.065 per MMBtu on April 18, the price moved below the $7 level on April 19. Natural gas has never been for the faint of heart as the price has ranged from $1.02 to $15.65 per MMBtu since trading on NYMEX began in 1990. However, after over a decade of lower highs and lower lows, the trend changed in June 2020. The long-term chart illustrates the trend changed when natural gas futures moved above the 2018 $4.929 per MMBtu high, ushering in a bullish path of least resistance for the energy commodity. The quarterly price ranges since mid-2021 are the broadest since 2008, the last time the energy commodity eclipsed the $10 per MMBtu level. Europe’s dependence on Russia causes supply issues The previous administration warned Germany and the EU about depending on Russia for natural gas supplies. Meanwhile, US energy policy shifted from “drill-baby-drill” and “frack-baby-frack” in January 2021 when the Biden Administration began fulfilling its campaign pledge to address climate change. Stricter regulations, canceling pipelines, and bans on fracking and drilling on federal lands caused oil and gas output to decline. While it handed the pricing power in the oil market back to the international oil cartel and Russia, it also limited Europe’s options for natural gas supplies. While the administration took a hard line against US production, it supported a Russian natural gas pipeline to supply Europe with the energy commodity. The February 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine changed the world. While the US, European, and other allied countries came together with severe sanctions, Europe’s dependence on Russian gas remains a window of opportunity for the Putin government. Retaliating for other sanctions, Russia is now demanding rubles for natural gas supplies, boosting the currency despite other stringent sanctions. The US government has leaned on companies like Cheniere to divert supplies from Asia to Europe. However, the administration’s energy policy has not supported the new US terminals to liquefy natural gas and increase supply capacity. Russia remains in the driver’s seat in European natural gas requirements and is free to drive the price higher. If prices in Europe are a guide, we could see a challenge to the 2008 and 2005 highs At the recent $8+ high, US natural gas futures rose to the highest price since 2008. Meanwhile, European prices have screamed higher in 2022. The long-term chart shows ICE UK natural gas futures rose to $800 in March. Before 2021, the all-time high was at the $117 level in 2005. At $171.39 at the end of last week, European natural gas prices remain at lofty levels above the pre-2021 record peak. Natural gas has transformed into a far more international commodity. The US lost an opportunity to supply Europe and remove cash flow from Russia before the first Russian soldier crossed Ukraine’s border on February 24. The revenue from natural gas sales to Europe is funding the first major European war since WW II. Rising natural gas prices will fuel inflation and hit consumers in their pocketbooks in the US. Natural gas is another victim of inflation, the war in Ukraine, and US energy policy. Addressing climate change is a noble cause, but fossil fuels continue to power the world. The shift from hydrocarbons to alternative and renewable fuels is a multi-decade, not a multi-month process. The economic and geopolitical landscapes and US energy policy shift ignited a very bullish fuse in a very combustible commodity. Natural gas price explosions and implosions could be the norm instead of the exception over the coming months and years. -- Trading advice given in this communication, if any, is based on information taken from trades and statistical services and other sources that we believe are reliable. 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NYMEX:NG1!
by Andy_Hecht
WTI Oil Turning Parabolic 82.50Since WTI Oil broke the former two Resistance levels (74.15 and 77.00), the price turned parabolic outside the Channel Up that dominated most of the price action in September. There seems to be a Buy/ Support Zone consisting of the 4H MA50 (blue trend-line) and the 4H MA100 (green trend-line) and a Resistance Zone on the RSI Higher Highs trend-line. Technically those two pressure levels should provide the next dip buy and target. I've applied the Fibonacci Channel to assist in finding the target and as you see every Fib extension prices a Higher High (1.0, 1.5, 2.0). Naturally the 2.5 Fib extension is next, I project a Higher High around $82.50. ** Please support this idea with your likes and comments, it is the best way to keep it relevant and support me. **
TVC:USOILLong
by Jbridgez
1
The philosophy way of approaching saving energy(no "free" energyThe philosophy way of approaching saving energy( FYI there’s no “free” energy ) Since 2016 we've been using solar panel for saving energy. After that, by having a project to use this economic way of the COP more than 100% in 10 years, it has become a little bored. So we’ve begun to explore the ways of using solar panel at night. Evidently now within a world economic recession of the central banks manipulation failure, within a condition of weather changing, 90% days is rainy in this city and no sunlight to kill disease. We feel maybe it’s time to make a small innovation here. Based on many ignored acknowledge on the internet. 1, we have to admit that there’re many people have had a “perpetual machine” succeed. That’s very easy if you can use some self-recover source of energy, like using batteries. Batteries can recover themselves if you let them rest for a while, so it’s simple. You buy a lot of batteries, you let some of them do work and you let some of them recover energy, then you switch them to get the work forever. Very simple. 2, the real deal here is a over-unity which is the input greater than the out put. We can tell you guys, there’re some cases in human history where we’ve achieved that, the nuclear bombs have done that many times and the nuclear generator factory. But that is impossible to use at home, right? and it needs tremendous investment why we call that there’s no “free” energy, you must invest it from the first place. 3, so how to get an over-unity machine, we point out the philosophy way of approaching saving energy to get there. We’re neither physicists nor scientists, what we’re talking about here is a “philosophy”. BUT WE REALLY SUGGET physicists and scientists look at this to think about your understanding of energy and try to break your prisons. what is “ENERGY”? 1) energy has two elements binding forever, cycle and force, or voltage and current, or electron spin positive and negative, magnetic flux flow clock wise or counter clock wise, and so on…… fundamentally 1 unit energy is a electron pairs. 2) Numerous electrons pairs are full of our universe to resonance together. 3) there's no time. so there’s no speed. speed is a movement distance where is measured by solar cycle. For example, 1 year= 12 months, 1 day= 24 hours, those are all solar cycles. For example 1 light year is a distance. 4) the energy cycle can’t be cut. if you cut cycle then the force is growth to maintain the energy. 5) energy has many transforms, like mechanic( inertial), electricity, magnetic… but they’re the same thing. they just have different cycles and forces. so the way to get an over-unity, you have to make them “jump”…… 4, think about the nuclear power. Einstein make atoms jump from a mechanic cycle into an sub-atom cycle, by squeezing uranium together with heat. Heat is a cycle too, a wave length. The force has become huge to separate particles, to trigger a chain reaction. So if you can make a machine to jump through into smaller cycles, but bigger than the nuclear cycle, then you should’ve had real over-unity already. 5, to be clear, for making that machine, you have to invest hardwares. Nothing is free, the mistakes of many people have made are: 1) i don’t know why, but it run faster at short circuit. ( it’s a saving not an adding) 2) i can’t explain where is this energy comes from but it’s working. ( you have a leak point in your system, the universe is balancing, no investment no energy) 3) i want to charge a big battery to drive my car ( please easy, first you make a self runner) 6, some people have made a self runner but they’re too eager for output. In fact, if you loop back the energy then you should’ve observed the input energy has been reduced significantly. 7, in fact our generators and motors, most of them have only 50% efficiency or lower. 7, if we have a machine can save more than 50% energy, that has a little bit higher efficiencies than most of machines. Then there maybe, maybe a way.......
TVC:TRJEFFCRB
by Victor.Y.F
trading plan for WTI: double top in a rising channel hey guys, wti is trading inside a rising parallel channel. after the market has reached a 60 level we have a trend weakening signs. the market could not establish a new higher high and was rejected by 60 level. formation of a double top and overbought rsi with divergence is a red flag for us. if the market breaks the local support level, it will also break a support line of a rising channel - giving us a great opportunity for entry. just wait for a bearish breakout. initial target is based on structure. good luck!
FX:USOILShort
by VasilyTrader