The price of natural gas is shockingly high.
Natural gas prices bottomed in April, and they’ve enjoyed a big rally since then. In fact, yesterday, natural gas was trading near its highest price of 2012.
And it may lead to one of the best short-selling opportunities of the year…
Take a look at this updated chart of natural gas…
There’s something horribly wrong here. And it may lead to one of the best short-selling opportunities we’ve seen since… well… since natural gas prices peaked last December.
[ad#Google Adsense 336×280-IA]As longtime readers know… the U.S. is sitting on a glut of natural gas.
I’m not just talking about a little more supply than demand.
I mean an enormous glut – the kind that happens when all of our natural gas storage facilities are filled to capacity, and oil producers are just letting the natural gas byproduct escape into thin air.
That is exactly what is happening now.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported last week that natural gas inventories reached a record-high 3.92 trillion cubic feet. That’s 3% above the record storage amount achieved last December. And it’s nearly 7% higher than the five-year average storage amount for this time of year.
All that supply should have forced prices lower… But natural gas is trading at its highest price of the year. Something just doesn’t make sense.
So one of two things can happen to balance out the pricing…
- If we’re in for one heck of a brutal winter, consumers could burn up the excess natural gas inventory… thereby justifying the high prices.
- Natural gas prices could acknowledge the current supply glut… and prices would fall.
The U.S. had far more supply than demand last winter as well. And as you can see in the chart above… prices plummeted in response. If we get similar action this year, shorting natural gas could be a hugely profitable trade.
Best regards and good trading,
Jeff Clark
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Source: The Growth Stock Wire