We are happy to announce that we should be having OrderFlow charts of Natural Gas in our trading room soon.
Here is a look at the OrderFlow activity of the past 10 days.
A close up will show that it is a great instrument even for Intra day trading with the green pink :
The next chart shows the intra day volume traded which is essential to ensure good spreads and execution of orders.
The 5 day median of volume is around 20,000 shares which definitely can get better, but for a lot size of 1250 it is decent.
The other details like spans/ margins etc are found on this document here – http://www.mcxindia.com/Uploads/Products/91/Natural%20Gas%20January%202012%20Contract%20Onwards.pdf