MRCI's Futures Highlight - Natural Gas(NYM)

MRCI hopes this profile of the NYM Natural Gas futures contract, with its statistics and feature studies, will help you derive wise trading decisions from its presentation of long-term perspective, computer analysis, and historical background. This additional history is designed to complement the body of knowledge contained in any seasonal patterns and strategies published. The weekly and monthly charts on this page depict prices for nearby contracts, which most closely reflect the underlying cash market.

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MRCI's Nearby Futures Range Detail for Natural Gas(NYM) from 1/1990 - 3/2024
Calendar Year	Monday Avg Rng	Tuesday Avg Rng	Wednesday Avg Rng	Thursday Avg Rng	Friday Avg Rng	Yearly Avg Rng
1990	0.037($367)	0.036($360)	0.035($346)	0.035($352)	0.035($349)	0.035($354)
1991	0.031($312)	0.027($273)	0.032($315)	0.033($326)	0.028($276)	0.030($300)
1992	0.059($586)	0.061($614)	0.061($608)	0.060($595)	0.057($573)	0.060($596)
1993	0.082($823)	0.077($769)	0.066($655)	0.065($648)	0.057($565)	0.069($692)
1994	0.069($693)	0.064($641)	0.066($665)	0.066($656)	0.061($611)	0.065($653)
1995	0.056($565)	0.055($553)	0.063($632)	0.061($606)	0.053($531)	0.058($578)
1996	0.149($1486)	0.129($1288)	0.115($1149)	0.134($1337)	0.129($1292)	0.131($1308)
1997	0.128($1281)	0.112($1120)	0.103($1032)	0.126($1260)	0.113($1134)	0.116($1164)
1998	0.109($1095)	0.095($952)	0.093($927)	0.093($935)	0.090($905)	0.096($962)
1999	0.101($1014)	0.088($877)	0.078($781)	0.113($1132)	0.096($957)	0.095($950)
2000	0.231($2313)	0.194($1935)	0.247($2466)	0.204($2043)	0.187($1867)	0.212($2123)
2001	0.233($2333)	0.226($2264)	0.288($2885)	0.207($2072)	0.187($1870)	0.228($2284)
2002	0.183($1826)	0.147($1472)	0.163($1633)	0.220($2203)	0.142($1420)	0.171($1709)
2003	0.350($3500)	0.280($2800)	0.276($2761)	0.330($3299)	0.234($2345)	0.294($2939)
2004	0.323($3230)	0.266($2664)	0.284($2837)	0.319($3186)	0.215($2153)	0.282($2818)
2005	0.482($4818)	0.397($3974)	0.414($4137)	0.460($4596)	0.361($3606)	0.422($4216)
2006	0.468($4679)	0.372($3718)	0.423($4230)	0.438($4380)	0.344($3444)	0.408($4077)
2007	0.333($3333)	0.291($2908)	0.286($2864)	0.310($3099)	0.295($2945)	0.303($3027)
2008	0.394($3944)	0.380($3802)	0.383($3831)	0.447($4474)	0.355($3551)	0.392($3918)
2009	0.256($2557)	0.229($2291)	0.228($2277)	0.303($3026)	0.254($2538)	0.254($2535)
2010	0.200($1996)	0.166($1660)	0.165($1653)	0.223($2226)	0.160($1600)	0.182($1824)
2011	0.137($1366)	0.125($1254)	0.115($1150)	0.171($1709)	0.120($1196)	0.133($1333)
2012	0.133($1329)	0.127($1275)	0.122($1217)	0.146($1463)	0.113($1131)	0.128($1282)
2013	0.116($1159)	0.102($1022)	0.098($982)	0.143($1433)	0.098($978)	0.111($1113)
2014	0.177($1765)	0.151($1508)	0.162($1619)	0.181($1815)	0.134($1337)	0.161($1607)
2015	0.108($1080)	0.097($970)	0.105($1046)	0.126($1263)	0.095($947)	0.106($1062)
2016	0.112($1123)	0.109($1090)	0.102($1018)	0.115($1148)	0.098($985)	0.107($1072)
2017	0.109($1089)	0.109($1086)	0.092($923)	0.106($1059)	0.085($846)	0.100($999)
2018	0.125($1250)	0.104($1045)	0.123($1227)	0.120($1197)	0.112($1117)	0.117($1166)
2019	0.105($1050)	0.084($842)	0.084($836)	0.088($883)	0.093($932)	0.091($907)
2020	0.146($1456)	0.123($1234)	0.118($1178)	0.122($1215)	0.110($1097)	0.123($1234)
2021	0.237($2367)	0.204($2041)	0.198($1975)	0.191($1914)	0.172($1720)	0.200($1999)
2022	0.548($5482)	0.514($5143)	0.513($5130)	0.523($5228)	0.449($4485)	0.508($5085)
2023	0.169($1692)	0.170($1701)	0.167($1673)	0.165($1652)	0.153($1525)	0.165($1648)
2024	0.143($1429)	0.175($1749)	0.133($1327)	0.151($1514)	0.133($1328)	0.147($1474)

MRCI's Nearby Futures Summary for Natural Gas(NYM) from 1/1990 - 3/2024
Summary Item	Monday Summary	Tuesday Summary	Wednesday Summary	Thursday Summary	Friday Summary	Yearly Summary
Range	0.191($1909)	0.169($1691)	0.174($1737)	0.191($1905)	0.156($1565)	0.176($1760)
Closed Up	786(49%)	886(50%)	841(48%)	794(46%)	812(48%)	4119(48%)
Closed Dn	799(50%)	852(49%)	897(51%)	917(53%)	862(51%)	4327(51%)
Closed Uchg	16(1%)	17(1%)	17(1%)	12(1%)	18(1%)	80(1%)
Gapped up	236(15%)	134(8%)	136(8%)	131(8%)	101(6%)	738(9%)
Un-filled Gaps Up	97(41%)	33(25%)	37(27%)	37(28%)	28(28%)	232(31%)
Gapped Down	333(21%)	179(10%)	129(7%)	142(8%)	141(8%)	924(11%)
Un-filled Gaps Down	145(44%)	62(35%)	41(32%)	50(35%)	30(21%)	328(35%)

Henry Hub Natural Gas - Mar 28, 2024
	Period Low(Jan-Dec)		Period High(Jan-Dec)		Last Day		Average
Year	Date	Price	Date	Price	Date	Price	Price
2023	06/02/2023	1.740	01/09/2023	3.910	12/29/2023	2.580	2.539
2022	11/09/2022	3.460	08/22/2022	9.850	12/30/2022	4.475	6.446
2021	04/05/2021 04/07/2021	2.430	02/17/2021	23.860	12/31/2021	3.820	3.900
2020	09/21/2020	1.330	10/26/2020 10/28/2020	3.140	12/31/2020	2.360	2.035
2019	12/27/2019	1.750	01/16/2019 01/17/2019	3.580	12/31/2019	2.090	2.557
2018	02/15/2018 02/16/2018	2.490	01/02/2018 01/03/2018	6.240	12/31/2018	2.942	3.166
2017	02/27/2017	2.440	12/29/2017	3.690	12/29/2017	3.690	2.997
2016	03/04/2016	1.490	12/07/2016	3.800	12/30/2016	3.710	2.521
2015	12/23/2015 12/24/2015	1.630	01/15/2015	3.290	12/31/2015	2.280	2.625
2014	12/24/2014 12/26/2014	2.760	03/04/2014	7.775	12/31/2014	3.000	4.338
2013	01/10/2013	3.074	12/23/2013	4.508	12/31/2013	4.315	3.733
2012	04/19/2012	1.831	11/26/2012	3.765	12/31/2012	3.430	2.756
2011	11/23/2011	2.925	06/09/2011 06/10/2011	4.915	12/30/2011	2.963	3.992
2010	10/22/2010	3.170	01/08/2010	6.480	12/31/2010	4.225	4.366
2009	09/04/2009	1.920	01/06/2009	6.095	12/31/2009	5.805	3.955
2008	12/23/2008	5.400	07/02/2008	13.275	12/31/2008	5.620	8.842
2007	08/27/2007	5.350	02/14/2007 02/15/2007	8.860	12/31/2007	7.465	6.978
2006	09/29/2006	3.655	01/03/2006	9.945	12/29/2006	5.475	6.722
2005	01/03/2005 01/04/2005	5.560	12/13/2005	15.410	12/30/2005	9.435	8.936
2004	09/07/2004	4.385	10/28/2004	7.960	12/31/2004	6.185	5.898
2003	10/31/2003	3.965	02/24/2003 02/25/2003	12.200	12/31/2003	5.825	5.465
2002	01/29/2002	1.980	12/17/2002	5.250	12/31/2002	4.585	3.372
2001	11/16/2001	1.695	01/08/2001	10.295	12/31/2001	2.720	3.953
2000	01/04/2000	2.140	12/21/2000 12/22/2000	10.500	12/29/2000	10.415	4.338
1999	03/01/1999	1.645	08/25/1999	3.075	12/30/1999	2.305	2.270