On 2026-08-18, Natural Gas closed at 2.776 USD/MMBtu, up 3.20% on the day. It trades at 5.5% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 47.39 is in the 45th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of -3.11% in the 42nd percentile. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 2.756 / 2.97 / 3.405 USD/MMBtu, with price +0.73% / -6.54% / -18.47% against them. Its 52-week range is 2.483–7.827 USD/MMBtu; it closed 64.53% below the high and 11.80% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.373% daily, in the 29th percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.102 USD/MMBtu, 3.69% of price. It has returned +0.33% over 5 days and -8.02% over 60 days.
=== NATURAL GAS (USD/MMBtu) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-18, prior 2026-08-17)
close 2.776
change +0.086 (+3.197%)
range (as of 2026-08-18)
range 0.104
close pos 80.8% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-18)
20d MA 2.756 price above by +0.73%
50d MA 2.970 price below by -6.54%
200d MA 3.405 price below by -18.47%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-08-18)
20d stdev 2.373% daily ≈ 37.7% annualized (×√252) (29th pct of own history, since 2000 (6500 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.46× (2.373% vs 5.199% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-18)
ATR(14) 0.102
ATR% 3.69% (28th pct of own history, since 2000 (6506 obs))
range/ATR 101.7%
relative volume [as of 2026-08-14 · 2d behind 2026-08-18]
RVOL 0.93x (volume vs its 20-day average)
pctile 42nd pct of own history, since 2000 (6483 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-08-18)
high 7.827 (-64.53% from high)
low 2.483 (+11.80% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-18)
RSI(14) 47.39 (45th pct of own history, since 2000 (6506 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-18)
5d return +0.33%
20d return -3.11%
60d return -8.02%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 3.84% (from 2000-08-30)
ZIRP-2009 3.14%
tightening-2015 2.96%
ZIRP-2019 3.58%
tightening-2022 5.45%
easing-2024 5.20%