{"id":12959,"date":"2019-02-18T07:30:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T12:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/?p=12959"},"modified":"2019-02-18T07:30:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T12:30:19","slug":"this-commodity-looks-set-to-pop-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/this-commodity-looks-set-to-pop-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"This Commodity Looks Set to Pop Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Natural gas has been the most volatile commodity over the past four months.<\/p>\n<p>The price of natural gas was $3.20 per million British Thermal Unit (MBTU) last November. It rallied all the way to $4.80 in just a couple of weeks as the market discounted the vicious cold spell that was headed our way this winter.<\/p>\n<p>At $4.80 per MBTU, the price was overstretched to the upside. The move was unsustainable. And the proverbial rubber band was set up to snap back.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s exactly what happened.<\/p>\n<p>The price of natural gas has plummeted to just $2.62. That&rsquo;s a 45% drop in a little over two months.<\/p>\n<p>Now, though, we have the opposite condition&hellip;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-bottom-color: #000; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 15px; color:#868686;\"><em>Recommended Link<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; padding: 20px 15px 20px;\" bgcolor=\"#f6f6f6\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px; padding-top: 0px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; font-size:18px;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.bonnerandpartners.com\/?cid=MKT389368&#038;eid=MKT398903&#038;step=start&#038;plcid=PLC045275&#038;encryptedSnaid=%%ENCRYPTEDSNAID%%&#038;emailjobid=%%jobid%%&#038;emailname=%%emailname_%%\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America Getting Beat by China?<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.bonnerandpartners.com\/?cid=MKT389368&#038;eid=MKT398903&#038;step=start&#038;plcid=PLC045275&#038;encryptedSnaid=%%ENCRYPTEDSNAID%%&#038;emailjobid=%%jobid%%&#038;emailname=%%emailname_%%\" style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; color: #0070c0; text-decoration: none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/d15s74raupkmp7.cloudfront.net\/editorial\/cdd\/20181110-cdd-adp-01.gif\" style=\"display: block; height: auto; max-width: 520px; width: 100%\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;\">Americans might be surprised to learn that we have among the slowest internet speeds in the world, <strong style=\"font-style:italic\">even slower than communist China<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                  In 2019, that could all change thanks to a once-in-a-decade event that could send over 100 tiny tech stocks up 100%-plus&#8230; with the best ones soaring 1,000%.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"260\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#666666\" style=\"-khtml-border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; -ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 4px; color: #fff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px; padding: 8px; text-align: center\" valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.bonnerandpartners.com\/?cid=MKT389368&#038;eid=MKT398903&#038;step=start&#038;plcid=PLC045275&#038;encryptedSnaid=%%ENCRYPTEDSNAID%%&#038;emailjobid=%%jobid%%&#038;emailname=%%emailname_%%\" style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-weight:bold;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get the full scoop HERE<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 25px; border-top-color: #000; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; \">\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The natural gas &ldquo;rubber band&rdquo; is overstretched to the downside. And, it sure looks to me like we have the potential for a quick, snap-back rally.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at this chart&hellip;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jc-stable.s3.amazonaws.com\/ee-assets\/channels\/articles\/mm\/201902-mm\/20190218-MM-01.png\" width=\"700\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:700px; margin: 0 auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Natural gas is now trading at its lowest price in a year. The price is far below its various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#movingaverage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving averages<\/a>. And there&rsquo;s positive divergence on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#macd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MACD<\/a> and CCI momentum indicators.<\/p>\n<p>Positive divergence occurs when the price of an asset makes a lower low, but the momentum indicators form higher lows. It signals that the momentum of the current trend is weakening. And, if often occurs just before the price of an asset reverses trend.<\/p>\n<p>So&hellip; I like the odds of a rally in the price of natural gas over the next few weeks. Even a modest &ldquo;snap-back&rdquo; rally up to its 50-day moving average line (about $3.20) would be a 20% gain from the current price.<\/p>\n<p>That sort of potential gain is worth trading.<\/p>\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px\">Best regards and good trading,<\/p>\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casey-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/misc\/jeff-clark-signature.png\" width=\"200\" style=\"max-width:200px; width:100%;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px\">Jeff Clark<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&rsquo;s Note:<\/strong> Recently, Jeff had an idea that he just needed to get out there. So, he got together with a select group of investors and delivered a talk&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Even though Jeff rarely makes public appearances, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT394679&#038;eid=MKT399120&#038;step=start&#038;plcid=PLC045337&#038;SNAID=%%SNAID%%&#038;encryptedSnaid=%%ENCRYPTEDSNAID%%&#038;emailjobid=%%jobid%%&#038;emailname=%%emailname_%%\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this talk let viewers in on a unique strategy<\/a>&hellip; one that allowed him to retire at 42 years old. And he finally decided to release this talk to readers, but only for a short time.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see what was said to this small group, behind closed doors, and how easy it is to make thousands of dollars a week with this strategy&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT394679&#038;eid=MKT399120&#038;step=start&#038;plcid=PLC045337&#038;SNAID=%%SNAID%%&#038;encryptedSnaid=%%ENCRYPTEDSNAID%%&#038;emailjobid=%%jobid%%&#038;emailname=%%emailname_%%\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><strong>Reader Mailbag<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In today&rsquo;s mailbag, a Mastermind subscriber comments on the service&hellip;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #ccc; margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px;padding-left: 15px;\">\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Great sessions so far and I&#8217;m finding good profits. Thirteen winners and 6 losers since I started doing your approach on my own, from January 23 to yesterday. Enjoying the winners, and even the losers are a great learning experience!<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\" style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><strong>&ndash; Mike<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And a <em>Delta Report<\/em> subscriber talks about the end of the bull market&hellip;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #ccc; margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px;padding-left: 15px;\">\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px;\">I have searched for someone that could provide some warning about when this bull market would end. I really do believe you are the guy&hellip; Maybe the sick feeling I have is a signal it&rsquo;s over.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\" style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><strong>&ndash; Shawn<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>How do you trade commodities? Do you see natural gas popping higher?<\/p>\n<p>And as always, send any other trading questions, suggestions, or stories to <a href=\"mailto:feedback@jeffclarktrader.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feedback@jeffclarktrader.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natural gas has been the most volatile commodity over the past four months&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"service":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"publication":[10],"person":[7],"newsletter-type":[],"ticker":[],"class_list":["post-12959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-minute","publication-market-minute","person-jeff-clark"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12959"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=12959"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=12959"},{"taxonomy":"newsletter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter-type?post=12959"},{"taxonomy":"ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ticker?post=12959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}