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When I suggested the alert on ETE, I suggested a 1/2 allocation anticipating that it would bounce around before finally heading up.
Having said that, today I am not going to suggest you add to that position.
Instead, I will suggest a trade on another stock in the same sector.? That stock is KMI.
KMI or Kinder Morgan had a very strong reversal bar on it's weekly chart last week and it's short term chart has moved into an uptrend.
As I write this, it is trading at $14.62.
In addition, it has weekly options.
My suggestion is to buy KMI at the market.
Then Sell to Open the January 29th - $15 call for every? 100 shares you buy.
The January 29th - $14 calls are quoted at $.66 to $.75.
Try and sell them for $.70.
If the calls are assigned this Friday, the return will be 7.4% for four days.
Use a 1/2 allocation, which based on the nominal portfolio of $100,000 would be 300 shares, rounded to the even 100 share lot.