United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund, LP Overview
Pro stress-test →UNL is an exchange-traded security designed to track the daily price movements of natural gas. It seeks to track daily changes in the spot price of natural gas delivered at Henry Hub, Louisiana, using the average prices of 12 NYMEX futures contracts (near month through following 11 months). The fund targets investors seeking liquid commodity exposure to natural gas price movements.
Strategic Profile
Pro stress-test →UNL is organized as a limited partnership trading on NYSE Arca and managed by United States Commodity Funds LLC (USCF). Founded in June 2007, the fund provides retail access to commodity futures through a simplified ETF wrapper, competing against direct futures trading and other commodity ETFs.
Competitive Landscape
Pro stress-test →UNL competes with direct natural gas futures trading (most liquid alternative), other commodity ETFs including First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG) and Invesco DB Energy Fund (DBE), and inverse/leveraged vehicles like ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas (KOLD). Unlike futures, UNL offers simplified share trading and lower technical barriers for retail investors, but incurs management fees and contango drag that reduce returns versus direct futures.
Industry Context
United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund, LP operates in Commodity futures ETFs.
Key facts
Founded: 2007 · Headquarters: Oakland, US · Employees: N/A · Revenue: N/A · Market cap: $15.96M