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Natural Gas Pullback then LongAfter a mega run, Natural Gas needs to take a break and will be pulling back before beginning a new run upwards, likely toward the $6 range... it might not go that far, but it's going to have a lot of power behind it once it reverses. The daily time frame has broken the uptrend in COG and CMF, so the uptrend should end. I believe that Natural Gas will be one of the top performers in commodities over the next few years and I think that in a few weeks we will have an opportunity to get a great entry. Check out my last natural gas idea from two months ago. It was when I was first implementing my trading strategy and I really liked the Natural Gas chart, but it threw me a curve and I bailed... it has been frustrating to watch it go up like it has, but I've tried to learn from it.
FX:NGAS
by gLloW
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Closing the overgap likely to create resistance $UGAZ We seeing bullish rotation of the "point of control." Be aware of the overhead "gap" that remains as it will be an opportunity for trapped longs to exit trades with minimal losses. We will likely see longs who accumulated through Mar/Apr/May take some profits. These actions are likely to create some near term resistance. This may also result in prices dropping to confirm support and build additional market structure around $8 base before attempting higher price discovery. Good Luck!
AMEX:UNG
by jamison.gaddy
bulls attempting to absob supply $UGAZ $DGAZ $NG_FBulls are attempting absorb the supply evidence by the higher lows present. The theme remains that demand exceeds supply. Given that prices closed on support I believe a LONG entry is reasonable with a "tight stop" as shorts are buying into resistance. I believe we are seeing strong hands maintain their positions while new entries respect that they are chasing while a few shorts sneak in. I still don't feel rushed to enter carelessly into the "widow maker." My re-entries are noted below. Good Luck!
AMEX:UNG
by jamison.gaddy
Theme remains bullish but are longs buying risk here The theme remains bullish for "natty" as we rally off of support after identifying bullish absorption. We can see 3 months of ACCUMLATION here so it difficult to estimate an upside target but we can identify some anticipated levels of resistance at $8.00, $8.30 & $8.80 as well as "gaps" created during the "markdown." We saw a decrease in cumulative selling following buy our first increase in buying demand since March 2016. Again this looks bullish. Despite this great "rally" the ease at which prices continue to trade higher is contracting while volume remains pretty constant so I speculate we are seeing some profit taking here. We will like return to $7.00 and shake out weak bulls while assessing how much supply remains available to control before we sustain any more gains. The volume profile (purple area on the right) defines "value" and is showing that prices are entering a "low volume area." This could allow prices to test the $8.00 level then we can appreciate that prices are trading above "value" and likely encounter shorts and long liquidation. This process of test and retest will continue allowing rotation of the "point of control high" allowing balance to be maintained among buyer and sellers. MY OPINION: New longs are chasing and entering a trade exposed to downside risk. I would wait for an entry confirming support. Good Luck!
AMEX:UNG
by jamison.gaddy
CHK short term jump, then H&S ReversalAs I mentioned in my Natural Gas Forecast, I believe that Natural Gas is ready to move up, so I decided to check out CHK which I believe is in the NG business. It appears that CHK is nearing the bottom of a descending wedge with the potential to break out and form a great H&S reversal pattern. The hourly waves are all in good position and the Day wave is about to turn positive. I expect the move to begin in the next day and last for a few days. The price action also looks very similar to where it was on 4-08-16, which is when it jumped 60% in just a few days, which is what I believe it is going to do again.
CLong
by gLloW
THE WEEK AHEAD -- FOMC, FOMC, FOMC; LONG VIX; OIL; EARNINGSHere's what I'm looking at for next week: VIX/VIX PRODUCTS . VIX finished last week at 16.50. I will look at VIX/VIX product setups early next week depending how the "horse does at the gate" (Monday). If we see a tight range in the S&P like we did pre-Draghi in prepation for FOMC, VIX could drift go a little lower Monday through Wednesday, in which case I will want to use VIX, VIX, or UVXY to go "long volatility." Index ETF's . There is little sense in selling April expiry premium here in broader index instruments with VIX the way it is. Brazil, oil/gas, and the gold space continue to have the volatility, but I'm already in all of the underlyings that have any juice in their options that are at 70+ implied volatility rank (UNG (covered call), EWZ (iron fly), GDXJ (short strangle), RIG (short strangle), GLD (credit spread), and XOP (short strangle) in those sectors. If you look at SPY implied volatility month-to-month, it doesn't approach something "regular" until the June expiry (19.9%), so I may look to set up some small premium selling play in the June expiry on the possibility that low volatility sticks around for a period of time and to have something in the queue for that event. Trying to sell 45 DTE premium in the index ETF's in a period like we had last year between mid-March and late August was a total slog ... . Oil . The 2016 high was set on 1/4 at 35.36 in USOIL. it tested the underside of that level Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of last week and broke through it by a whopping .20 cents on Friday, so who knows whether that'll hold. If oil caves, the S&P will follow hard (the S&P currently has a .93 correlation with USOIL). However, oil has a tendency to enter fairly lengthy consolidative periods before moving directionally forward, so be prepared for oil to taunt you with both suggestions that it's going to break significantly higher and indications that it's going to totally implode ... . If you're into trading spot forex, watch oil's effect on the petro currency USDCAD. The Loonie may get a double whammy from a cave in oil plus Fed tightening/dovish-hawkishness. The Loonie's entire strength profile from 2/11 is largely on the back of oil. EURUSD. This is the strong/weak pair to watch post-Draghi and running up into FOMC. For me, this is not a pair I would mess around with "playing in the middle" between 1.08 and 1.10. As I did last year, I would wait for it to hit 1.14 and then go short if it's inclined to react to the upside on whatever FOMC says; otherwise, stay out. The fundamentals on this pair should be telling everyone to only short on strength (ECB easing; Fed tightening), as attempting to play the 200 pips between 1.08 and 1.10 has been and is likely to continue to be somewhat discouraging as it looks to find its footing in the larger range between 1.14 and near parity. EARNINGS. Although the earnings season has been described as "over" for this quarter, there are a few issues that are still due to report that might be worth playing, assuming that the volatility is there: ORCL (Tuesday, after close), FDX (Wednesday after close), and ADBE (Thursday, after market close). As it stands right now, none of those meet my implied volatility rank rules (70th percentile plus), with all three of those having percentiles hovering around 50, but naturally that might change running up into the actual announcement.
FX:USOIL
by NaughtyPines
UNG -- COVERED CALL IDEATruth be told, I was burned somewhat by UNG this year, as I was expecting a seasonality bounce which has not come due to mild temperatures associated with El Nino. Moreover, in 20-20 hindsight, a debit spread was probably not the way to go due to inflexibility of the setup if you are just totally directionally wrong or if your timing as to the directionality is off. In any event, and although volatility in the underlying has diminished somewhat since the making of a significant low around 7.00, there remains sufficient volatility in UNG to go covered call here. The setup: 100 Shares UNG at 7.69 1 Feb 19 8 Short Call Entire Package: 6.91 debit (meaning your break even for the setup is $6.91/share, excluding fees commissions) Max Profit: $109 (if called away at $8) Tips: Look to take off the entire setup in profit before expiry if profit approaches what you would get if called away. Roll out the short call to a later expiry if it is nearing worthless; look to roll to a strike that at least exceeds your cost basis in the underlying.
AMEX:UNGLong
by NaughtyPines