8-month forward price of natural gas (USD/MMBtu) - United States - FSR - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Forward natural gas prices in the US
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In US derivatives markets, the 8-month forward price of natural gas stood at 2.882 USD/MMBtu on 13 October 2026, versus 2.868 on 12 October. This marks a gain of 0.49 percent.
Sample. This daily series has 3,857 observations. The series covers the period extending from January 2012 to October 2026.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: the forward price hit a trough of 2.022 USD/MMBtu on 28 February 2020; it recorded its highest level of 9.105 on 7 June 2022; it had an average value of 3.467.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/MMBtu |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | 2.83600 |
| 2026-10-12 | 2.86800 |
| 2026-10-13 | 2.88200 |
Heads-up. One of the advantages of using our web site is that we provide rich metadata. Check it below to gain insights on the characteristics of the indicators that you are exploring.
Not for investment purposes. Financial data disseminated on this web site are not not supposed to be used for investment purposes or any other financial decision. Users should seek professional advice and perform their own independent due diligence before taking any financial risk.
Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 8-month forward price of natural gas |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Forward price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | USD/MMBtu |
| Source | FetchSeries Research; calculations on market data |
| Source type | Data research lab |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) + FetchSeries disclaimers |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LD1 |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.