December 9, 2015 - MDT

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As I have been mentioning in the daily updates, the pipeline stocks have been in the midst of a selling climax recently.

And today, the XLE is actually experiencing a dead cat bounce.

Furthermore, KMI just announced they slashed their dividend by 75% and the stock is up over 8%.

I would like to use this as an opportunity to get back into ETE.

The last time we traded ETE is was around $20 per share and today it is under $15 per share, trading for $14.05 as I write this.

I am going to suggest a 1/2 allocation, which based on $5,000 would mean a buy of 400 shares rounded up.

Buy ETE at the market, which is $14.05.

Then Sell to Open the December $15 calls at $.30.

These calls expire next Friday, so if they are assigned, the return will be 8.5% for a week an one half.

If ETE does slide more, I will add to this position and continue to sell calls.

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