• We went live to analyze the E-mini S&P 500 futures market
• Live market stream to analyze natural gas futures
• Day trading and swing trading with weekly options
• Learn how to pay for vertical spreads using an option ladder strategy
• Better your chances of trading success by selling commodity options
• Come see Carley and other industry insiders at the Las Vegas TradersExpo!
• We went live to look at WTI crude oil futures
• Jim Cramer and Carley Garner go to the futures charts to analyze Treasuries and gold
• The gold futures market appears to be running out of buyers
• DeCarley Trading Commodity Market Podcast
• Micro E-mini S&P 500 Futures are a Game Changer
• Micro stock index futures contracts open the door to less risky speculation
• Develop, Construct and Trade Commodity Option Spreads on the Zaner360 platform
• Trade futures contracts like you would stocks, with income and limited risk
• Download our Mobile App!
• Third Edition of A Trader's First Book on Commodities, now available
• How to Get Started in Commodity Option Selling
• How to choose the right futures trading platform
• Commodity Option Selling: Quality over Quantity

Technical and political resistance overhead for the E-mini S&P 500

 

The talking points that were previously holding the stock rally in check seem to be slowly resolving themselves; a draft Brexit deal is making its way to an MP vote, the Chinese trade relations are thawing, corporate earnings are slated to beat low-ball estimates, the Fed has met the market’s accommodation demands, and the employment situation can’t get much better than the current (aside from additional wage growth). However, will there be enough fresh good news to keep buyers interested? Maybe, but we doubt it given the upcoming obstacles.

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 Natural gas futures bulls should be patient. 

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Learn How to Day Trade and Swing Trade with Limited Risk & Without Premature Stop Outs

When: Thursday, October 17th @ 4:30 pm Eastern

What: FREE live webinar

How: Complete registration form below. 

 

 

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Options on futures are expensive, learn to sell premium to pay for long option (directional) plays.

When: Thursday, December 5th @ 4:30 pm Eastern

What: FREE live futures and options trading webinar.

How: Complete registration form below.

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Increase the odds of Success in Commodity Option Selling

 

The practice of option selling is a controversial strategy for commodity option traders to partake in. Many brokerage firms outright forbid the practice; others allow it, but there are often strings attached. However, there are a limited number of brokerage services that recognize despite the challenges of option selling, it likely offers the highest long-term prospects for successful trading. Accordingly, such brokers give their clients the freedom to implement a short option strategy. We are a part of the minority commodity brokers that believe our clients should be given the opportunity to sell options without hassle. Nevertheless, option selling is far from an “easy-money” venture; there is a reason many brokerage firms shy away from option selling.

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Futures and options traders, we would love to see you in Las Vegas!

Few cities can live up to the excitement of Las Vegas; we also happen to call this city our home. Also, few trading events match the caliber of the TradersExpo; this is THE event of the year for active traders.

We are scheduled to speak at the expo on Saturday, November 9th at 8:00 am about day trading and swing trading with weekly options and would love to see you there.

You can register to attend for FREE by clicking this link.

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With crude oil futures on the move we are compelled to offer our thoughts on the subject, but don’t expect any bold directional opinions. The oil market is a major turning point in which the direction is even less predictable than usual. Additionally, we could see oil simply settle into a .00 range for the time being. That said, given weak seasonal tendencies by mid-October, we must believe any short-term strength the market might muster in the coming weeks will be short-lived. Let’s look at some of the mixed signals we are seeing in West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures traded on the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) division of the CME Group.

 

 

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Futures and options broker Carley Garner weighed in on gold and Treasures on the Off the Charts segment of Mad Money on CNBC. 

“For months, investors have been moving their money into safe-haven assets like treasury bonds and gold,” Jim Cramer the Mad Money host said. “But they’ve now run up dramatically and the charts, as interpreted by the always-astute Carley Garner, suggest that it’s time for both bond prices and gold prices to come down — or perhaps come down hard.”

 

 

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Technical oscillators and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Commitment of Traders Report agree, the gold futures market is overbought. Will we get a correction?

 

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Do you podcast? Catch us on most major casting services!

The DeCarley Trading podcast offers futures market commentary and trading ideas.

 

  

Experienced futures and options broker, Carley Garner, discusses the commodity markets using technical, seasonal, and fundamental analysis and offers ideas on speculation.

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What: FREE WEBINAR: Micro E-mini S&P 500 Futures are a Game Changer 

 

 

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The CME is launching less-scary futures contracts to trade stock indices.

While there are a plethora of advantages to trading futures contracts relative to stock market ETFs such as favorable tax treatment, easier tax reporting, around the clock market access, ease of shorting the market, and trading on margin without the burden of paying interest charges to a brokerage house. There is one large bright pink elephant in the room; leverage and the associated risk (large swings in position profit and loss).

 

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This is the archive of a webinar discussing the advantages and disadvantages of option spread trading along with how to develop a strategy, construct a desirable risk and reward profile, and execute the trade on our most popular free trading platform, the Zaner360.

 Register for a demo account using the Zaner360 futures and options trading platform by clicking here. 

 

Futures broker, Carley Garner, will outline the intricacies of futures options spread trading to meet the needs of various types of traders; commodity options are versatile tools, be creative!

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Creative use of long and short commodity options traded against a long or short futures contract can create a position that mimics the primary advantage of stock trading; limited risk and income generation.

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The DeCarley Trading mobile app is the ultimate communication tool complete with live streaming videos of our commodity trading educational events and interactive chat features. At a time in which email is becoming obsolete and SMS text messaging burdensome and expensive to overseas contacts, this futures market mobile app bridges the gap between the need to communicate in real time and the obstacles more traditional methods face. Armed with the ability to opt in or out for push notifications based on user interest, this communication app words toward streamlining desirable content for the user making for an efficient experience relative to other communication platforms (emails, websites, etc.).

FOR FULL ACCESS TO THE APP, REGISTER AS A USER BY CHOOSING "SIGN UP" WHEN PROMPTED.

*CURRENTLY ACTIVE CLIENTS RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY FULL ACCESS.

*FUTURE CLIENTS WILL RECEIVE FULL ACCESS ON A TRIAL BASIS.

 

 Click here for the Apple Download

 Click here for the Android download 

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In the latest edition of Carley Garner's beginners' book on commodities, she details everything you need to know about futures and options trading before placing a trade. 

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In their quest for trading commodities profitably, beginning traders spend a substantial amount of time studying market theory, various types of market analysis, and paper-trading in the futures and options markets.  Yet, almost all of them fail to take the necessary steps to ensure their trading environment is conducive for the profits they seek.  A Trader’s First Book on Commodities aims to fill the void in trading literature that overlooks the importance in making the right decisions before ever placing a commodity trade such as fully understanding market mechanics and logistics, choosing a proper trading platform, understanding order types, being aware of market data fees and policies, how to quote and calculate profit or loss in each of the commodity markets, preparing for margin calls, and the only magic in trading–humility.

 

A Trader’s First Book on Commodities is guaranteed to shorten the learning curve for beginning traders while offering seasoned traders a new perspective on familiar topics.  There is more to trading than computer-generated oscillators and trendlines; choosing the wrong trading platform, brokerage, or order type can do more harm to a trading account than choosing the wrong technical indicator. 

 

"Trading commodities is a game of mental stability; without the proper understanding of the futures and options markets and the ability to remain calm, it is difficult to make rational trading decisions. The goal of this book is to enable traders to create a trading environment lacking peripheral distractions or stress which, in turn, mitigates emotions and improves the odds of trading success. In short, the third edition of A Trader’s First Book on Commodities is everything you need to know and do before you ever place a trade." - Carley Garner, Author

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Selling Commodity Options can be a Higher Probability Strategy, but not if the Proper Steps aren't Taken

 

Join us to discuss how to get started selling options on futures. In this video, experienced futures and options broker, Carley Garner, outlines the advantages and disadvantages of option selling and highlights the various futures options premium collection strategies, setting up a proper brokerage arrangement, and offers tips and tricks to better the odds of a short option strategy.

 

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There is more to choosing a commodity futures and options trading platform than flashing lights and exciting sound effects.

  Click here to view a commodity trading platform cheat sheet.

 

 

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Futures option sellers must choose between low probability yet high-risk event exposure, or high probability yet lower-risk exposure

 

 

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