21% — What will Natural Gas (NG) hit in May 2026?: ↑ $3.20
Leader: ↑ $3.40 at 21% · Polymarket 21% · 3 contracts · $6K volume · medium confidence
Updated 2026-05-28 20:42:31 UTC

Tracks the leading outcome in a winner-take-all prediction market set with 3 outcomes.

Why this matters:
Markets are pricing a 61% chance that natural gas will trade at or above $3.20 during May 2026. This outcome has concentrated significantly more trading volume ($4,102 in 24 hours) than alternative outcomes, suggesting traders view this price level as the most likely scenario. The contract structure implies markets are assessing both upside moves toward $3.40 and downside risks toward $2.60–$2.80. Natural gas prices typically respond to seasonal demand shifts, storage inventory levels reported weekly by the EIA, weather forecasts affecting heating and cooling demand, and global LNG export dynamics. Resolution depends on actual spot prices hitting the specified thresholds during May's trading month. The substantial gap between the leading contract (61¢) and the runner-up (25¢) indicates reasonable conviction, though significant disagreement persists about whether prices will remain elevated or decline.

Key factors:
- EIA weekly natural gas storage reports through May show either inventory builds (bearish for price floor support) or draws (supporting higher prices)
- Weather forecasts and actual temperatures during May affect near-term demand; unseasonably warm weather pressures prices downward
- Liquefied natural gas export capacity utilization and global LNG spot prices influence US Henry Hub pricing through arbitrage dynamics
- Trading volume concentration at $3.20 threshold versus lower volumes at $2.60–$2.80 suggests market participants see current price levels as less likely than continuation near $3.20

Contracts:
- What will Natural Gas (NG) hit in May 2026?: ↑ $3.40 — 21¢ Polymarket $937 (weight 17%)
- What will Natural Gas (NG) hit in May 2026?: ↓ $2.90 — 4¢ Polymarket $4K (weight 79%)
- What will Natural Gas (NG) hit in May 2026?: ↓ $2.80 — 3¢ Polymarket $239 (weight 4%)

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## Methodology

SimpleFunctions aggregates live YES-side prices from Kalshi and Polymarket contracts bound to this question. For binary topics the headline is the liquidity-weighted mid-price (weight = log(1 + 24h volume) × freshness, where freshness is 1.0 if updated <24h, 0.7 if <7d, 0.4 otherwise). For multi-outcome (winner-take-all) topics the headline is the current leader's price — disjoint outcomes are never arithmetically averaged. Snapshots refresh every 5 minutes during market hours.

## SF Signal

- SF Index, regime, and 30d Brier calibration are computed separately and surfaced at https://simplefunctions.dev/admin/calibration.
- No SimpleFunctions index / regime / calibration signal is bound to this topic yet — the headline above is market-derived only.

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*Last verified: 2026-05-28T20:20:08.507Z*

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