On 2026-07-20, Natural Gas closed at 2.86 USD/MMBtu, down 1.75% on the day. It trades at 7.1% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 38.00 is in the 15th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of -11.54% in the 18th percentile. It is trading below its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 3.105 / 3.085 / 3.46 USD/MMBtu, with price -7.88% / -7.28% / -17.34% against them. Its 52-week range is 2.483–7.827 USD/MMBtu; it closed 63.46% below the high and 15.18% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.449% daily, in the 31st percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.127 USD/MMBtu, 4.43% of price. It has returned -1.28% over 5 days and +5.07% over 60 days.
=== NATURAL GAS (USD/MMBtu) ===
price & change (as of 2026-07-20, prior 2026-07-17)
close 2.860
change -0.051 (-1.752%)
range (as of 2026-07-20)
range 0.079
close pos 36.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-20)
20d MA 3.105 price below by -7.88%
50d MA 3.085 price below by -7.28%
200d MA 3.460 price below by -17.34%
price < all MAs
stack: 200d > 20d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-07-20)
20d stdev 2.449% daily ≈ 38.9% annualized (×√252) (31st pct of own history, since 2000 (6479 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.46× (2.449% vs 5.268% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-20)
ATR(14) 0.127
ATR% 4.43% (41st pct of own history, since 2000 (6485 obs))
range/ATR 62.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-20)
high 7.827 (-63.46% from high)
low 2.483 (+15.18% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-20)
RSI(14) 38.00 (15th pct of own history, since 2000 (6485 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-20)
5d return -1.28%
20d return -11.54%
60d return +5.07%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 3.8359% (from 2000-08-30)
ZIRP-2009 3.1446%
tightening-2015 2.9643%
ZIRP-2019 3.5781%
tightening-2022 5.4468%
easing-2024 5.2679%