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Clueless on Direction

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Can’t explain and won’t try– as discussed in the Weekly section the price declines took prices down below support with technical expectations alerting additional declines. OOOOpps as prices gaped opened Sunday night — I have no clue why only offer to trade the range that has remained.

Major Support: $3.06, $3.00-$2.97, $2.843, $2.727, $2.648
Minor Support :
Major Resistance:$3.167, $3.19, $3.39, $3.62, $3.80-$3.85, $4.168, $4.461,

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Gap Closed — Declines Extended

Weekly Continuous

November traded down to test the trend line rising from the August and September lows previously discussed recovered, but not sufficiently to close back within the range than had confined it for nine weeks. The lower boundary of that range…+/- $3.09 – $3.10, now becomes well – defined resistance.

The December contract, which continues to enjoy a substantial premium over November (currently $.733, a year ago on the same day December’s premium was $.481), traded down to the upper limit of November’s high volume reversal days on 10/02 and 10/08. $3.55 – $3.59 is well – defined resistance for the November contract and is support for December. Once inside/through that support, expect premium for December to diminish…just as November’s was forfeited. Unless/until December develops the sponsorship to overcome the trend line resistance (declining from its March/June highs) expect it to be guided lower by the trend line and it’s 20 – week SMA The value of that trend line on the December chart is $4.184 and falling about a nickel each week, December’s 20 week SMA is $4.188.

November continues to follow the pattern of the last two Octobers by trading an early high and then falling, although this week’s low on the 17th is a bit earlier. In ’23 prompt November traded its October low on the 23rd which was a higher low, higher than the September low which was higher than the August low. In ’24 November traded its first low after falling from a 10/04 high on the 21st. Just like this year November traded a daily reversal from that low and rallied smartly (from $2.210 to $2.582) but gave up the gain leading into expiration. From a trade perspective –be alert for a short covering rally but expect the same pattern to continue through October ’25.

Major Support: $3.06, $3.00-$2.97, $2.843, $2.727, $2.648
Minor Support :
Major Resistance:$3.167, $3.19, $3.39, $3.62, $3.80-$3.85, $4.168, $4.461,

Early Trade Closes Gap

Daily Continuous

Price declines extended to the gap from the expiration– now the question is does the decline remain the focus with the storage release or are we running out of sellers at support as it has over the last few tests.

Major Support: $3.06, $3.00-$2.97, $2.843, $2.727, $2.648
Minor Support :
Major Resistance:$3.167, $3.19, $3.39, $3.62, $3.80-$3.85, $4.168, $4.461,

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Low Range Tested In Front of Storage

Daily Continuous

Prices inched downward yesterday and would expect today’s trade to test the bearish support from last month in the gap at $2.968 (weekly chart). We will start to get a idea of will this become the base for the upcoming Q4 run in prices.

Major Support: $3.06, $3.00-$2.97, $2.843, $2.727, $2.648
Minor Support :
Major Resistance:$3.19, $3.39, $3.62, $3.80-$3.85, $4.168, $4.461,

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Previous Low Tested

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Prices extended the declines and tested the low from earlier in the month, but with volume declining the declines stopped at previous lows for the prompt. Does it seek additional support for the press lower — we shall see?

Major Support: $3.167, $3.06, $3.00-$2.97, $2.843, $2.727, $2.648
Minor Support :
Major Resistance:$3.19, $3.39, $3.62, $3.80-$3.85, $4.168, $4.461,

Reversal of the Reversal– Hello Range

Weekly Continuous

With the holiday today I am going to limit the commentary in the Weekly and Daily. The range traded on October 2nd was $3.402 – $3.585. November managed a higher close on Tuesday ($3.519) but volume was about 60,000 contracts less than the 10/02 reversal day. After extending the recovery to $3.550, .03 short of last week’s high, November collapsed (putting another high volume reversal day in place and further defining and strengthening the resistance zone. Total open interest fell on both the 10/02 and 10/08 reversal days, which strongly suggests that short covering and contract liquidation were significant contributing factors. Simply put, there was not nearly enough buying interest for prompt gas above $3.500 to support further extension of the rally or to prevent the significant reversals to the downside.

For the last nine weeks November has been confined in a well – defined range between +/- $3.10 and $3.50. The last weekly close outside that range was the first Friday of August. Last week, since trading the two daily lows that began construction of the lower boundary of the range, the current prompt has been briefly offered below that lower boundary twice…consecutive days on 09/22 & 23, and has now failed twice above the upper boundary. This week’s lowest close with the highest volume of any week during the consolidation is an indication that November will be offered lower again.

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Holiday — Lighter Trade

Daily Continuation

Not a whole lot of detail or technical interpretation beyond what was published in the Weekly section for the lighter trade expected today.

Major Support: $3.167, $3.06, $3.00-$2.97, $2.843, $2.727, $2.648
Minor Support :
Major Resistance:$3.19, $3.39, $3.62, $3.80-$3.85, $4.168, $4.461,

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Seeking Support

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Not a lot of technical information on the activity yesterday other than the storage data provided the stimulus to seek the low side of the range. Still a range market no significant bias change.

Major Support: $3.25, $3.192, $3.167, $3.06, $3.00-$2.97, $2.843, $2.727, $2.648
Minor Support :
Major Resistance: $3.39, $3.62, $3.80-$3.85, $4.168, $4.461,

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No Change, Just a Test

Daily Continuous

I guess the upcoming storage data is going to be bearish as the market jumped on the price rises from the day before (I thought the data release was going to be affected by the shutdown). Regardless of the outside forces -, the price decline confirmed there is no bias change but rather a test of resistance that failed and retreated to the middle of the recent range.

Major Support: $3.25, $3.192, $3.167, $3.06, $3.00-$2.97, $2.843, $2.727, $2.648
Minor Support :
Major Resistance: $3.39, $3.62, $3.80-$3.85, $4.168, $4.461,

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Bias Change?

Daily Continuous

Unlike last week’s excursion over the 200 day SMA and the 40 week SMA prices held the gains into the close– now it will need to confirm the action. The next couple of days will confirm– the trade remains the range of late but be cautious of shorting the high side.

Major Support: $3.25, $3.192, $3.167, $3.06, $3.00-$2.97, $2.843, $2.727, $2.648
Minor Support :
Major Resistance: $3.39, $3.62, $3.80-$3.85, $4.168, $4.461,

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