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About Natural Gas
NATGAS tracks the value of 1 MMBtu of Henry Hub natural gas. Henry Hub serves as the primary U.S. benchmark for natural gas pricing and is widely referenced in global energy markets.
On EdgeX, NATGAS is a synthetic perpetual market. EdgeX runs its own book and funding schedule, so its mark price and open interest are quoted independently.
NATGAS is listed as a EdgeX synthetic perpetual market. Prices track traditional-asset exposure synthetically and do not represent ownership of the underlying shares, ETFs, commodities, or cash instruments. Educational market data only — not investment advice.
Sector tags: Energy, Commodities.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does trading NATGAS give me a claim on any physical natural gas?
- No. NATGAS is a synthetic perpetual with no delivery mechanism — there is no physical natural gas backing the contract and no way to take delivery of it. It gives price exposure only.
- In what unit and currency is NATGAS's price quoted, and what is Henry Hub?
- Henry Hub natural gas is conventionally priced in U.S. dollars per MMBtu (million British thermal units), and NATGAS's price follows that same USD-per-MMBtu convention. Henry Hub itself is a physical natural-gas pipeline hub in Erath, Louisiana that lends the benchmark its name.
- How is NATGAS different from other names, like CL?
- NATGAS tracks Henry Hub natural gas, the primary U.S. natural-gas benchmark. CL, by contrast, tracks WTI crude oil — a different fuel and a physically separate market, even though both are U.S. energy benchmarks.
- NATGAS on EdgeX is a synthetic perpetual market that tracks the value of 1 MMBtu of Henry Hub natural gas. It trades on EdgeX, so you can gain long or short exposure without holding the physical commodity.
- NATGAS on EdgeX is a synthetic perpetual market that tracks the value of 1 MMBtu of Henry Hub natural gas. It trades on EdgeX, so you can gain long or short exposure without holding the physical commodity.
- Can NATGAS's price on EdgeX differ from the price on other venues?
- Yes. EdgeX runs its own book and funding schedule, so its mark price and open interest are quoted independently and can differ from the same instrument on another venue.
- What does it mean that EdgeX runs its own funding schedule?
- Funding is a periodic payment between long and short positions that keeps a perpetual's price anchored to its underlying. EdgeX sets and settles its own funding on its own schedule, so the funding rate on EdgeX can differ from the funding rate on other venues.
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