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Darren Carlat

Darren Carlat

Darren Carlat is the Managing Director of SpreadEdge Capital, LLC and is responsible for all aspects of the company's operations including market research, trading, customer satisfaction, and operations management.

In 1986, he started a 32-year career in various increasing capacities with Frito-Lay, Inc., a large snack food producer and distributor that is a division of PepsiCo Inc.. Prior to his

retirement in early 2018, Darren served as an Executive in Supply Chain Operations in the company’s headquarters in Plano, Tx.

For decades, Darren has been developing, programming, and testing a wide variety of trading systems. In 2010, he finished initial development efforts on a seasonal spread

trading strategy which he has continually refined, enhanced and improved. This trading system has been used for his own trading activities and is the basis of all the programs

described. In 2014, he founded SpreadEdge Capital, LLC, registered SpreadEdge Capital as a Commodity Trading Advisor, and began to offer the trading program to the public. He is now dedicated to this effort full time and remains as the largest investor in the Diversified program.

Darren can be reached at (214) 636-3133, or via email at Darren@SpreadEdgeCapital.com

Most Recent Stories

Lean Hogs calendar spread, and a Sugar calendar spread

December Lean Hogs has increased by over 36% since July.  On Thursday, Lean Hogs dropped (2.2%) and broke through the upward trendline.  This was confirmed on Friday when the market again closed below...

Corn and Arabica Coffee are at their highest % carry yield for the past 52 weeks. Soybean Meal is at its lowest level.

Fron month Arabica Coffee has completed a massive “head fake” over the past several trading days. Coffee broke through the bottom of the trendline in late October and appeared destined for lower prices....

Corn, Soybean Oil, Live Cattle, and Lean Hogs are each at their highest hedge fund positions for the past 52 weeks.

When hedge funds begin to unwind these record positions, this will put significant pressure on market prices,

Copper calendar spread and a Feeder Cattle calendar spread

Copper has been very volatile for the past few days trading.  Based on the last 3 bars, lower prices seem most likely.

Corn reached its highest carry yield for the past 52 weeks. Arabica Coffee remains very near its highest level

Arabica Coffee broke through the bottom of the upward channel in mid-October, challenged the resistance and has drifted since. Given the high carry yield, lowest prices seem the most likely.

Cotton calendar spread and a Gasoline butterfly spread

Cotton broke through the downward wedge in mid-August but has moved sideways ever since.  Cotton has built a nice base to move up into seasonal strength.

Hedge funds have their highest net long contracts for the past 52 weeks for Soybean Oil and Lean Hogs. Live Cattle is near its highest level.

Soybean Oil and Lean Hogs are at 52-week highs for hedge fund position estimates and are currently experiencing technical break outs. Live Cattle is also at extreme levels for hedge fund positions and...

Hedge fund positions, % carry yield, and the current market prices are at extreme levels for Live Cattle and Lean Hogs.

Given the sharp increases over the past few months, it is unclear if these markets can maintain these elevated levels. Both markets can continue to grind higher but lower prices appears the most likely....

Soybean calendar spread and a Crude Oil calendar spread

Over the past 9 weeks, hedge funds have reduced their net short position by nearly (166,000) contracts. Fridays position estimate of (31,181) is the highest level since mid-May of this year.  As hedge...

Arabica Coffee has been fighting to stay within the channel but broke through the bottom on Thursday. A close below the channel on Friday will confirm the break-down.

Arabica Coffee continues to be the most “Expensive and Overbought” market in the ag sector.

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