On 2026-08-20, Natural Gas closed at 2.733 USD/MMBtu, down 2.88% on the day. It trades at 4.7% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 44.80 is in the 36th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of -6.28% in the 32nd percentile. It is trading below its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 2.741 / 2.956 / 3.392 USD/MMBtu, with price -0.29% / -7.53% / -19.43% against them. Its 52-week range is 2.483–7.827 USD/MMBtu; it closed 65.08% below the high and 10.07% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.420% daily, in the 31st percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.103 USD/MMBtu, 3.75% of price. It has returned +0.22% over 5 days and -5.56% over 60 days.
=== NATURAL GAS (USD/MMBtu) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-20, prior 2026-08-19)
close 2.733
change -0.081 (-2.878%)
range (as of 2026-08-20)
range 0.093
close pos 23.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-20)
20d MA 2.741 price below by -0.29%
50d MA 2.956 price below by -7.53%
200d MA 3.392 price below by -19.43%
price < all MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-08-20)
20d stdev 2.420% daily ≈ 38.4% annualized (×√252) (31st pct of own history, since 2000 (6502 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.47× (2.420% vs 5.193% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-20)
ATR(14) 0.103
ATR% 3.75% (29th pct of own history, since 2000 (6508 obs))
range/ATR 90.7%
relative volume [as of 2026-08-18 · 2d behind 2026-08-20]
RVOL 1.26x (volume vs its 20-day average)
pctile 80th pct of own history, since 2000 (6485 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-08-20)
high 7.827 (-65.08% from high)
low 2.483 (+10.07% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-20)
RSI(14) 44.80 (36th pct of own history, since 2000 (6508 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-20)
5d return +0.22%
20d return -6.28%
60d return -5.56%
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 5.19%