如果不知道基本麵,不明白虛實,很容易被這種突然暴起的漲勢嚇倒,以為突然發生什麽事故,比如像幾周前在Pittsburg的天然氣管線爆炸引起天然氣價格暴漲一樣。從5份鍾圖形看,幅度大的漲或跌,都是主力金主(MM)在炒作。是某個MM下一個大的market order 掃單。如果是上漲,就是把所有在不同價位等待要賣的單子全買了。由於在很短的時間,上漲的幅度大,通常會觸發期貨散戶的停損點,自動平倉造成連鎖反應,讓漲勢更大。若是沒有後續的繼續炒高動作,那麽MM這樣的掃貨動作是一個突擊的動作,為了觸發散戶的預設停損,而自己在更高的價位賣出,吃散戶的倉位。通常這樣突擊行動會發生在交易量比較少的時候,比如開盤後半個小時內,或收盤前的一個小時到15分鍾前。因為交易量小,所需要砸的金額就不需要太大,就可以造成很大的漲/跌幅。
Reason for nature gas up
Last two month, when WTI price up, nature gas price did not follow up. The main reason is not fundamental as you think. The reason for hedge fund to hold down the nature gas price is because they long the bond for many nature gas company during the bankruptcy bargin stage. They hold down nature gas price, so they can gain maximum share of company after bankruptcy re-emergcy. Company like Line, SOC, BBEP, and many other all file nature gas heavy company. They try to get CHK as well. Seems CHK escaped that
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Last two month, when WTI price up, nature gas price did not follow up. The main reason is not fundamental as you think. The reason for hedge fund to hold down the nature gas price is because they long the bond for many nature gas company during the bankruptcy bargin stage. They hold down nature gas price, so they can gain maximum share of company after bankruptcy re-emergcy. Company like Line, SOC, BBEP, and many other all file nature gas heavy company. They try to get CHK as well. Seems CHK escaped that.
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Goldman's energy outlook 24 May 2016 - CNBC.com
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David Einhorn Is Due For A Bounce-Back - Consider His Bullish Bet On Natural Gas
May 9, 2016 4:38 AM ET|16 comments | About: The United States Natural Gas ETF, LP (UNG), UGAZ, DGAZ, BOIL, GAZ, KOLD, UNL, DCNG
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Summary
Natural gas has been known as the widow-maker trade for good reason, it rarely pays to go long.
David Einhorn has a great long-term track record, but an abysmal short-term one. We think the long-term track record is the indicative one.
Einhorn just released his Q1 2016 investor letter which revealed that he has gone long natural gas and exactly why he did that. To us, his reasoning seems sound.
David Einhorn has a terrific long-term track record. His short-term performance has been abysmal.
In 2015, his Greenlight Capital Partners Fund suffered a decline of 20%. That is nearly 40% worse than Greenlight's long-term average annual gain over the past 20 years.
Some of the mistakes that Einhorn made in 2015 can't simply be chalked up to the stock market misunderstanding his companies. He has made some mistakes.
In particular, he picked a real stinker when he made SunEdison (OTCPK:SUNEQ) one of his positions. That stock didn't underperform - the company went bankrupt. That was a terrible decision, but over a 20-year run at Greenlight, the errors have been few and far between.
We believe the long-term track record and process at Greenlight to be more representative of Einhorn's ability than one (albeit major) mistake.
In Greenlight's first-quarter 2016 investor letter, Einhorn revealed a new position that we found particularly interesting. We attribute that partially to our contrarian nature, but also to the fact that we have seen other astute investors poking around the same idea. We think it is worth exploring further.
Einhorn's new position is a long macro call on natural gas, specifically the 2017 and 2018 calendar strips at an average price of $2.71 and $2.84 respectively. If natural gas (NYSEARCA:UNG) prices end up being on average above those two price points for 2017 and 2018, Greenlight is going to make his investors some money.
Why Natural Gas Now?
Einhorn states his thinking behind his bullish bet on natural gas in a few points. We think he makes a compelling case.
#1 - Natural gas prices aren't high enough to justify drilling
Einhorn believes that natural gas prices are simply too low for companies to turn profit drilling new natural gas wells. From everything that we have read, we think that Einhorn is right. At current natural gas prices, none of the shale gas plays even breakeven. It makes no sense to drill shale wells today.
Source: Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE:COG) Presentation
#2 - The industry has actually responded with a huge reduction in drilling
Just because something doesn't make any sense doesn't mean that people aren't going to do it. An examination of the current level of drilling for natural gas in the United States though does confirm that the amount of drilling has plummeted.
Since just the end of 2015, natural gas rigs in operation have been cut in half. That should start showing up in production levels in 2016.
#3 - As existing wells deplete, supplies should fall
While shale gas production has turned this industry upside down, it does have its drawbacks. Perhaps, the biggest one being the incredibly high rate that production from shale wells declines in its early years.
Source: Penn State
A typical shale gas well will see its daily rate of production decline by 60% to 70% in the first year. In the second year, another 30% decline is the norm. If the industry isn't continuously drilling, production is going to fall. As we know from the rig count, there is a lot less drilling going on.
#4 - Excess inventory is just 2% of annual production, which is already declining
As Einhorn points out, the inventory overhang of excess natural gas does not amount to a major amount of annual production. Should production growth stall, natural gas demand growth would eat away that excess inventory.
If production actually not just stop growing, but fall while demand grows, then this market would tighten in a hurry. As we can see in the chart below, production in 2016 has finally started to fall.
Source: EIA
A Natural Gas Shortage Within A Year
As a result of his analysis on natural gas, Einhorn has taken a long position targeted at both 2017 and 2018. He believes that normal weather combined with what he expects production to do will lead to a natural gas shortage within a year. That would make now the perfect time to be targeting natural gas related opportunities.
We like Einhorn's natural gas view. Weather is a huge influence on this commodity though, so we would prefer to play it in a manner that can let us be wrong about the exact timing of the turn higher in natural gas prices.
As investors, we always want time to be on our side.
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Following Chinese investor, please close your bear bet on Nature Gas to avoid toward 0 lose. Play short at 20 historical low is like short bank and house at late 2008 and 2009. You can't win any way. You are betting against Goldman Saches Commodity team, Hedge fund manager like David Erinhorn. Professional money money mostly place long bet on Nature Gas at this point. You are mislead by DGAZ. Many small investor still trade against that. As Chinese, and Close follow nature gas news. I call you all exit bear position to avoid loss in next several month to years.
I have DUST average @4.7 (before the reverse split, so $47). In recent market condition, is it even possible for me to get above water at all? Yage said DUST will go to $50 when gold price goes down to $1100.
Thank you Yage. Now Yellen's speech is out. If 5/31 大盤要下跌 really happens, do you think 大盤 will changes its course and keeps going down for a little while? if not, we should take this last chance to get out of UVXY. What price do you think to aim for, still $14? My UVXY is @14.5, I will be more than happy just to get out even if possible.
If UVXY keeps going lower on 5/31, will UVXY come back up someday or it will go to zero? My position is not that heavy anyway.
如果不知道基本麵,不明白虛實,很容易被這種突然暴起的漲勢嚇倒,以為突然發生什麽事故,比如像幾周前在Pittsburg的天然氣管線爆炸引起天然氣價格暴漲一樣。從5份鍾圖形看,幅度大的漲或跌,都是主力金主(MM)在炒作。是某個MM下一個大的market order 掃單。如果是上漲,就是把所有在不同價位等待要賣的單子全買了。由於在很短的時間,上漲的幅度大,通常會觸發期貨散戶的停損點,自動平倉造成連鎖反應,讓漲勢更大。若是沒有後續的繼續炒高動作,那麽MM這樣的掃貨動作是一個突擊的動作,為了觸發散戶的預設停損,而自己在更高的價位賣出,吃散戶的倉位。通常這樣突擊行動會發生在交易量比較少的時候,比如開盤後半個小時內,或收盤前的一個小時到15分鍾前。因為交易量小,所需要砸的金額就不需要太大,就可以造成很大的漲/跌幅。