On 2026-08-21, Natural Gas closed at 2.778 USD/MMBtu, up 1.65% on the day. It trades at 5.5% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 48.09 is in the 47th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of -3.24% in the 41st percentile. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 2.736 / 2.947 / 3.385 USD/MMBtu, with price +1.52% / -5.75% / -17.92% against them. Its 52-week range is 2.483–7.827 USD/MMBtu; it closed 64.51% below the high and 11.88% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.439% daily, in the 31st percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.099 USD/MMBtu, 3.55% of price. It has returned +1.65% over 5 days and -8.62% over 60 days.
=== NATURAL GAS (USD/MMBtu) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-21, prior 2026-08-20)
close 2.778
change +0.045 (+1.647%)
range (as of 2026-08-21)
range 0.039
close pos 94.9% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-21)
20d MA 2.736 price above by +1.52%
50d MA 2.947 price below by -5.75%
200d MA 3.385 price below by -17.92%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-08-21)
20d stdev 2.439% daily ≈ 38.7% annualized (×√252) (31st pct of own history, since 2000 (6503 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.47× (2.439% vs 5.189% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-21)
ATR(14) 0.099
ATR% 3.55% (25th pct of own history, since 2000 (6509 obs))
range/ATR 39.6%
relative volume [as of 2026-08-20 · 1d behind 2026-08-21]
RVOL 1.43x (volume vs its 20-day average)
pctile 90th pct of own history, since 2000 (6487 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-08-21)
high 7.827 (-64.51% from high)
low 2.483 (+11.88% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-21)
RSI(14) 48.09 (47th pct of own history, since 2000 (6509 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-21)
5d return +1.65%
20d return -3.24%
60d return -8.62%
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%