Natural Gas: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-19, Natural Gas closed at 3.058 USD/MMBtu, down 1.86% on the day. At the 2026-10-19 close, Natural Gas was 10.8% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-19 close, Natural Gas had an RSI(14) of 49.13, in the 50th percentile of its history since 2000, and its 20-day return of +7.83% was in the 72nd percentile. At the 2026-10-19 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of Natural Gas were 3.117 / 2.952 / 3.098 USD/MMBtu, with price -1.91% / +3.60% / -1.30% against them. At the 2026-10-19 close, the 52-week range of Natural Gas was 2.483–7.827 USD/MMBtu; it closed 60.93% below the high and 23.16% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 3.375% daily, in the 56th percentile of its history since 2000. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.142 USD/MMBtu, 4.66% of price. It has returned -3.44% over 5 days and +6.51% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the settled daily snapshot for 2026-10-19.
Natural Gas here is the continuous series of the NYMEX Henry Hub Natural Gas futures contract (NG), delivered at the Henry Hub in Louisiana and priced in US dollars per million British thermal units (MMBtu).
=== NATURAL GAS (USD/MMBtu) ===
price & change (as of 2026-10-19, prior 2026-10-16)
close 3.058
change -0.058 (-1.861%)
range (as of 2026-10-19)
range 0.155
close pos 18.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-19)
20d MA 3.117 price below by -1.91%
50d MA 2.952 price above by +3.60%
200d MA 3.098 price below by -1.30%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 20d > 200d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-10-19)
20d stdev 3.375% daily ≈ 53.6% annualised (×√252) (56th pct of own history, since 2000 (6543 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.66× (3.375% vs 5.078% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-19)
ATR(14) 0.142
ATR% 4.66% (47th pct of own history, since 2000 (6549 obs))
range/ATR 108.8%
relative volume [as of 2026-10-15 · 2d behind 2026-10-19]
RVOL 1.07x (volume vs its 20-day average)
pctile 60th pct of own history, since 2000 (6526 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-10-19)
high 7.827 (-60.93% from high)
low 2.483 (+23.16% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-19)
RSI(14) 49.13 (50th pct of own history, since 2000 (6549 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-19)
5d return -3.44%
20d return +7.83%
60d return +6.51%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 2008) 3.84% (from 2000-08-30)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 3.14%
tightening (2015–2018) 2.96%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 3.58%
tightening (2022–2023) 5.45%
easing (2024– ) 5.08%