If I had bought NATGAS
If I had bought NATGAS
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into NATGAS
a week ago-0.1%$100 → $100
a month ago-1.3%$100 → $99
three months ago-6.9%$100 → $93
six months ago-2.5%$100 → $97
since our history starts, January 30, 2026-51.0%$100 → $49
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying NATGAS
Over the last 207 days NATGAS closed between $2.6390 (August 6, 2026) and $5.7340 (January 30, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $107 today; at the high, $49. The current price $2.8125 is above 53 of those 207 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 26% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves NATGAS by 2.4%: a $1,000 position swings about $24 a day.
Low of the stretch$2.6390 · $100 → $107
High of the stretch$5.7340 · $100 → $49
Share of profitable dates26% · 53/207
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “energy” category.