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Carley Garner is an experienced futures and options broker with DeCarley Trading, a division of Zaner Financial Services, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her commodity market analysis is often referenced on Jim Cramer's Mad Money on CNBC and she is a regular guest on Bloomberg Television's Options Insight segment with Abigail Doolittle. Ms. Garner is a regular contributor to TheStreet.com and its Real Money Pro service and is also a regular on the speaking circuit at TradersEXPOs and MoneyShows throughout the country. She is also an award-winning commodity futures and options trading book author. In addition to Trading Commodity Options with Creativity, Ms. Garner has authored Higher Probability Commodity Trading, A Trader's First Book on Commodities (three editions), and others.
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Due to contract expiration and holiday trading, we often see inexplicable and generally unsustainable trend extensions this time of year. Yet, as liquidity returns after the new year holiday, we can see those trends reverse. A few markets we think could be candidates for the holiday price squeeze followed by dramatic reversals are currencies, Treasuries, and gold, notes Carley Garner, senior commodity market strategist and broker at DeCarley Trading.
Since the early 1980s, cocoa has been arguably the most boring commodity...until now. The price of cocoa hovered between $1,500 and $3,000 per ton, with only a few temporary breaches of this range. However, even the most bullish of bulls probably didn’t see $10,000 cocoa on the horizon. I have some strong and controversial opinions on the matter, writes Carley Garner, senior commodity market strategist and broker at DeCarley Trading.
This looks a lot like late 2021. It started as the “Magnificent Seven” driving the stock market rally but has morphed into a single stock, Nvidia (NVDA), driving global equity prices. This phenomenon has become so extreme that when we talk about the major indices, S&P 500 or Nasdaq 100, we are essentially talking about Nvidia! This is not natural, nor the sign of a healthy market, observes Carley Garner, senior commodity market strategist and broker at DeCarley Trading.
Commodity trading offers two distinct advantages over stock trading, says Carley Garner of DeCarley Trading, who shares insights on which commodities to trade and how to analyze the markets and find opportunities.
Carley's Videos
Join Carley Garner for a quick rundown on options strategy followed by potential trading opportunities in today's market. She will discuss trading methods appropriate for the current climate, including risk and reward calculations.
Carley Garner points out that most commodity options are priced to lose. That is many traders use options as a hedge and they often they expire worthless
Carley Garner of DeCarley Trading.com describes the multiple options strategies her customers can utilize. While options are flexible tools many br
Carley Garner describes what went into her book on higher probability trading. Why it is important to memorialize your trading so you can identify what works and what doesn't.
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Carley's Books
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Higher Probability Commodity Trading: A Comprehensive Guide to Commodity Market Analysis, Strategy Development, and Risk Management Techniques Aimed a
Higher Probability Commodity Trading takes readers on an unprecedented journey through the treacherous commodity markets; shedding light on topics rarely discussed in trading literature from a unique perspective, with the intention of increasing the odds of success for market participants.
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A Trader's First Book on Commodities: Everything You Need to Know About Futures and Options Trading Before Placing a Trade
“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
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Trading Commodity Options...with Creativity: When, Why, and How to Develop Strategies to Improve the Odds in any Market Environment and Risk-Reward Pr
Trading Commodity Options…with Creativity takes readers on an unfamiliar voyage destined to simplify the options on futures markets and arm market participants with the knowledge to employ smarter commodity market strategies.