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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

Heating Oil butterfly spread and a Gold calendar spread

Heating Oil has been sliding down the trendline for nearly 3 years now.  The candle this past week could be pointing to a bottom.  Given the immense selling in Energy these past few weeks, HO looks primed...

Is Cocoa ready to roll over? Looks like we have seen this movie before.

The candle this past week looks very similar to the candle  from December 16 – 20.  In December, Cocoa closed (12.7%) off the highs for the week. This past week, Cocoa closed (10.3%) off the highs....

VIX calendar spread and a Gas Oil calendar spread

The VIX increased by nearly 55% over the week following the announcement of President Trump's tariffs. Such extreme fluctuations in the VIX are uncommon and typically revert to more moderate levels within...

MP Materials (MP) and Doximity Inc (DOCS) top the covered call watch list for next week

MP Materials has been riding up the upward trendline for the entire year. Last week MP touched the trendline before bouncing higher

Copper calendar spread and a White Sugar calendar spread

Copper has a top momentum score of 10, showing CTAs are fully invested with minimal capital to add to longs. In addition, the RSI score is 71, indicating a strong reversal potential.

Sugar calendar spread and a Chicago Wheat calendar spread

Hedge funds added a record 112,500 net long contracts over the past 5 trading days.  In addition, net longs have increased over 117,000 contracts over the past 6 weeks.  This occurred just as Sugar enters...

Lean Hogs calendar spread and a Natural Gas calendar spread

Lean Hogs surged mid and late last week, rising above recent support/resistance. However, overbought levels suggest the rally may not last.

Intel and Geo Group are excellent candidates for a covered call or more aggressive option strategies

In the current market environment, high flying stocks are the hardest hit during corrections. Intel is flying under the radar and looks poised to grind higher over the near term. Intel broke through...

Live Cattle calendar spread and a Heating Oil calendar spread

Live Cattle has been on an extended bull run for the past several years.  However, LC has retweeted aggressively after reaching a multi-year high in late January.  LC is now approaching support from...

Covered calls for entry this week

Genedx and Innodata have been added to the watch list following their strong earnings reports last week.

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