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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

Soybean Meal Calendar Spread and a Gas Oil calendar spread

Soybean Meal attempted to break through the downward trendline on Friday but failed to hold the break-out.

Cotton is at its lowest hedge fund position over the past 52 weeks. Soybeans is very near its lowest level.

Hedge funds have started to reduce their record net short position over the past few weeks, but Soybeans remains very near its lowest level. Over the past 3 years hedge funds have averaged a net long...

All 3 Livestock markets and Arabica Coffee are very near their highest carry yield level for the past 52-weeks

Live Cattle has been hanging around at or near its highest 52-week level for the past 5 weeks. Live Cattle is traditionally a negative carry market that has an average carry yield of (5.3%) over the past...

Cotton has clearly broken through trendline resistance

Non-Commercial traders are short Cotton in record numbers during last week's Tuesday - Tuesday COT report (reported on Friday). Non-Commercial traders are now net short (59,217) contracts. The last time...

White Sugar calendar spread, and a Copper calendar spread

White Sugar has been dropping steadily down the declining channel since early July. Friday the market broke through the upper trend line and appeared ready to move higher.

Heating Oil and Gasoline are at their lowest hedge fund position estimate for the past 52 weeks. Gold it at its highest.

All 3 markets are at extreme low levels (HO and RB) or high levels (GC) since tracking began in April 2021

Live Cattle continues to trade very near its highest % carry yield for the past 52 week. White Sugar is at its lowest carry yield level.

Live Cattle broke through the bottom of the upward channel earlier this month and has made lower lows these past 2 days.

Hedge funds have their lowest net position in Soybeans for the past 52 weeks. Soybean Oil and Cotton are very near their lowest level.

Hedge funds are net short an (197k) contracts of Soybeans. Soybeans has been below the (190k) level in 4 of the past 5 weeks and is over 300k contracts from the high in early September last year.

Lean Hog calendar spread, and Soybean Oil butterfly spread

Lean Hogs have not been able to break through the declining trendline.  Hogs rallied over 15% from the July lows but stopped right at the declining trendline this past week.

% Carry Yield for Livestock and Grains

Feeder Cattle and Live Cattle are at their highest % carry yield, Soybeans and Soybean Meal are at their lowest.

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