Natural gas looking at $1.799 target, gold to $1,566

Nat gas making new 10-year lows

Daily Market Analysis (SHORT TERM) Wednesday 03/14/12

KEY TERMS
OVB       Outside Vertical Bar
VRCB    Volatility Reduced Compression Bar

ENERGIES

BRNJ12:

  • Short Term Trends are bullish.
  • Confirmation of a bottom on a range violation and close above on 03/08/12 @ 124.46. Upside Targets 128.17-130.42.
  • Brent set in the highest close in 2012 @ 106.22 by 2 ticks taking out the highs the last three days on positive U.S. sales.
  • After all the negative news out of China yesterday the technical picture keeps you in the game and looking to continue to our upside targets.
  • Projected Daily Range: 1.75
  • Projected Weekly Range: 6.34
  • Projected Monthly Range: 10.51

CLJ12:

  • Short Term Trends are bullish.
  • Confirmation of a bottom on a range violation and close above on 03/09/12 @ 107.21. Upside Target 110.71-112.30.
  • April Crude rises on retails sales increasing the most in 5 months signaling strong growth and high demand. 
  • Look for crude to move towards the closed ranges @ 109.95 – 110.55 after taking out last week’s high @ 108.20.
  • Projected Daily Range: 1.98
  • Projected Weekly Range: 5.12
  • Projected Monthly Range: 10.26

NGJ12:

  • Short Term Trends are bearish
  • OVB day and closed in the upper 30% of the range.
  • Confirmation of a top on a range violation was 02/22/12 @ 2.669 and a confirmation of a top on a close below was 02/27/12 @ 2.669. Downside Target 2.161. Possible confirmation of a bottom with a range violation @ 2.339. Possible confirmation of a bottom with a close @ 2.339 or higher.  Upside Targets 2.438-2.500.
  • Nat Gas set another 10-Year low today @ 2.204 achieving our Extreme Downside Target @ 2.223 by 104% and making a strong rally after 12;00 on short covering.       
  • Sell all rallies as we are still expecting to see our Q1 Downside Objective @ 2.161. Q2 2012 Extreme Downside Target 1.799.
  • Projected Daily Range: .085
  • Projected Weekly Range: .253
  • Projected Monthly Range: .690

METALS

GCJ12:

  • Short Term Trends are bullish.
  • Confirmation of a bottom on 03/09/12 with a range violation @ 1709.90 and with a close @ 1711.50 or higher. Upside Target 1715.40-1725.90. Possible confirmation of a top with a range violation @ 1665.00. Possible confirmation of a top with a close @ 1665.00 or lower. Downside Targets 1648.90-1612.20. CATASTROPHIC LOW 1566.10.
  • Gold takes a $22 dive shortly after 2:00CST on speculation the FED won’t extend U.S. Monetary Stimulus.
  • Look for our full weekly range to come into play and a close below last week’s low should accelerate to downward price action.
  • Projected Daily Range: 36.20
  • Projected Weekly Range: 73.80
  • Projected Monthly Range: 176.10

CURRENCIES

ECH12:

  • Short Term Trends are bearish.
  • Big OVB down day on a 140 point range closing in the lower 23%.
  • Confirmation of a top on 02/29/12 with a range violation and close below @ 1.3355. Downside Target = 1.3027
  • The 17-nation euro fell against its 16 major counterparts as a European Central Bank council member said they are discussing ways to withdraw some of the emergency cash they injected into the banking system.
  • A couple of weeks ago you saw the high of the retracement and we are heading south towards our Intermediate Downside Targets 1.2185-1.2153. 
  • Projected Daily Range: .0133
  • Projected Weekly Range: .0267
  • Projected Monthly Range: .0601

INDEXES

ESM12: ROLL

  • Short Term Trends are bullish.
  • Confirmation of a bottom on 03/09/12 with a range violation @ 1360.25 and a confirmation of a bottom with a close @ 1360.25 or higher while closing @ 1360.50. Upside Target = 1395.25-1404.50.
  • The June S&P’s soared today on the strongest retails sales figures in the past 5 months taking it to the highest level since June 2008 chasing the 1400 threshold.
  • Our 2012 Q1 Upside Target @1383.50 was achieved on 03/13/12. Check our website for 2011 Q4 Upside Target where we forecasted the high within 3 ticks.
  • Projected Daily Range: 14.50
  • Projected Weekly Range: 26.50
  • Projected Monthly Range: 73.50
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About the Author
Jim Parrish and Kris Hicks

Jim Parrish and Kris Hicks

Parrish Hicks Capital Research is a trading and technical analysis firm that specializes in Energy and Metal commodity futures. The two founders, Jim Parrish and Kris Hicks, have a combined 38 years’ experience in the commodity business and in 2011 accurately forecasted both $25 moves to the downside in May and July and the $25+ move to the upside in October. They also called the all-time high day for Gold on September 6, 2011 and forecasted a projected downside target of 1528.10 in March 2012.  Their trading methodology has a high degree of accuracy which confirms tops/bottoms, projected trading ranges and projected targets for those ranges. Their expertise is focused on 16 commodities plus the comparable ETF markets. You can reach them at Jim@ParrishHicks.com and Kris@ParrishHicks.com or at www.ParrishHicks.com.

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