Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures Pricing

New York Mercantile Exchange · December 2026 contract · Priced in U.S. dollars per MMBtu

Storage Signal

Latest trades

Dec → Jan: Carry · +0.393

Carry (+) means later months trade above the nearby: the market is paying toward storage. Inverted (−) means the nearby trades above later months. Not trading advice.

Futures Chain

20 contracts

NGX26 Nov 2026 OI 144,269 $3.078 / MMBtu -0.038 -1.22%

NGZ26 Dec 2026 OI 248,025 $3.362 / MMBtu -0.024 -0.71%

NGF27 Jan 2027 OI 244,865 $3.755 / MMBtu -0.004 -0.11%

NGG27 Feb 2027 OI 119,303 $3.398 / MMBtu +0.012 +0.35%

NGH27 Mar 2027 OI 229,959 $2.673 / MMBtu +0.026 +0.98%

NGJ27 Apr 2027 OI 156,448 $2.585 / MMBtu +0.021 +0.82%

NGK27 May 2027 OI 86,164 $2.621 / MMBtu +0.019 +0.73%

NGM27 Jun 2027 OI 39,714 $2.779 / MMBtu +0.015 +0.54%

NGN27 Jul 2027 OI 48,060 $3.017 / MMBtu +0.012 +0.40%

NGQ27 Aug 2027 OI 32,101 $3.091 / MMBtu +0.011 +0.36%

NGU27 Sep 2027 OI 34,817 $3.076 / MMBtu +0.011 +0.36%

NGV27 Oct 2027 OI 88,462 $3.163 / MMBtu +0.011 +0.35%

NGX27 Nov 2027 OI 22,992 $3.478 / MMBtu +0.007 +0.20%

NGZ27 Dec 2027 OI 32,630 $4.107 / MMBtu +0.004 +0.10%

NGF28 Jan 2028 OI 50,415 $4.538 / MMBtu +0.011 +0.24%

NGG28 Feb 2028 OI 16,215 $4.150 / MMBtu +0.011 +0.27%

NGH28 Mar 2028 OI 25,158 $3.376 / MMBtu +0.011 +0.33%

NGJ28 Apr 2028 OI 22,221 $3.164 / MMBtu +0.013 +0.41%

NGK28 May 2028 OI 8,040 $3.170 / MMBtu +0.011 +0.35%

NGM28 Jun 2028 OI 5,073 $3.328 / MMBtu +0.014 +0.42%

Open interest (OI) is how many contracts are still open in each month.

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 13

Managed moneyBought 18.5K on the week · net short for 36 weeks: −126K
Producers and merchantsLong 240K · short 251K · net −2.6K on the week: −10.7K
Open interest Down 69.6K on the week · 322 traders: 1.76M

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), NYMEX natural gas futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Oct 13, published Friday, Oct 16; the next report (Oct 20 positions) is out Friday, Oct 23 at 3:30 pm ET. Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 10,000 MMBtu.

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Storage Signal. Worked out from the futures themselves: the front month against the next, and old crop against new while the front month is old crop, at the latest trades while the market is open, else at the last settle.

Futures Chain. Every NYMEX contract month now trading, with its last price, the day’s change and its open interest.

Commitments of Traders. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders (disaggregated): the open positions of each kind of large trader as of Tuesday’s close, published Fridays at 3:30 pm ET (the following Monday in a holiday week).

Market Data: Futures price data on Farmbucks is provided by DTN, CME Group, and ICE. Cash basis is from USDA AMS daily grain bid reports; positioning is from the CFTC's Commitments of Traders; the natural gas outlook and storage are from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This data is for informational purposes only, may be subject to delays or inaccuracies, and is not trading advice. Please consult official sources or your broker for trading decisions.