United States Natural Gas Fund, LP UNG
About this Fund
The fund invests primarily in futures contracts for natural gas that are traded on the NYMEX, ICE Futures Europe and ICE Futures U.S. (together, “ICE Futures”) or other U.S. and foreign exchanges. The Benchmark Futures Contract is the futures contract on natural gas as traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange that is the near month contract to expire, except when the near month contract is within two weeks of expiration.
Investment Strategy & Highlights
- Theme: Tracks Natural Gas.
- Category: Commodities Focused · managed by USCF Investments.
- Cost: Expense ratio of 1.17% — high for this category.
- Track record: 3Y avg -21.65% · 5Y avg -22.28% per year.
- Trading: Listed on PCX, denominated in USD.
Curated from issuer disclosures, fund factsheets, and public market data. Figures are illustrative and not investment advice.
Key Facts
Performance Returns
Total price return over each window. 3Y/5Y use weekly close history; shorter windows use daily closes.
Risk & Volatility
Volatility = stdev of daily returns × √252. Sharpe-like = annualized mean / annualized vol (rf = 0%). Educational estimates from 1-year price history.
Technical Trend
Signal: Mildly bearish (50/200 in downtrend)
Computed from daily close history. SMA-50 above SMA-200 is the classic “golden cross” trend regime. RSI > 70 overbought · RSI < 30 oversold.
PROS
No notable strengths flagged.
CONS
- High expense ratio (1.17%) — fees erode long-term returns.
- High volatility (~61% annualized) — significant drawdown risk.
- Large 1-year drawdown (-43.9%).
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from fund metrics.
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