Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (HLX)

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Today wasn't exactly a sunshiny day for HLX, was it? However, wining in the market doesn't necessarily mean we day trade; nor does it require an immediate buy/sell wrap-=around with loose ends cut by day's end.

This morning I added 200 shares, my bid set at $7.40. The trade went through early on, apparently. I was away from the Internet some of those hours so things are slightly sketchy. However, I know that today opened with my holding 400 shares of HLX and I now have 600 shares with a CB of $6.84. It's good for a 10.09% gain or $411.

This is a stock with unusually wild swings in trading personality. Earlier on I'd bought my first HLX shares, paying far less than today's price. I sold most of my position, thinking the stock would be pulling back. Boy, was I ever wrong!

So I've since added a couple of times and expect to continue doing so.

HLX is the only non-income producer I'm adding to at this time. I'd be adding to MDR were it not for the fact that I've got 9,000 shares.

Both of these picks are very smart additions to any portfolio and most certainly if being managed by an energy buff adept to the ways of the oil world.