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September 08, 2003 - September 12, 2003

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   09/01/2003 - 09/05/2003
 Date Index
9/5/2003 237
9/4/2003 191
9/3/2003 170
9/2/2003 201

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
09-08-033:00
 Consumer Credit
 July
09-09-0310:00
 Wholesale Inventories
 July
09-10-03 none
09-11-038:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
 Export Prices - Excluding Agriculture
Import Prices -- Excluding Energy
U.S. Trade Balance
Initial Jobless Claims
 Aug.
Aug.
July
Latest week.
09-12-038:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
 Producer Price Index
Producer Price Index - Excluding Food and Energy
Retail Sales
Retail Sales - Excluding Automobiles
 Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
9/8/2003CMVT
9/9/2003FCEL
9/10/2003ADBE
9/10/2003VRTY
9/11/2003CPB
9/12/2003ORCL

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
9/9/2003 Legg Mason IT Services Conference
9/18/2003 Last day for trading Sep. index options with European exercise/settlement style.
9/19/2003 Last day for trading equity and remaining index options with Sept. expiration.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 9,503.34 9,367.93 9,232.35 8,633.81
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,021.40 999.05 992.96 922.96
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP/3U 1,022.30 998.84 992.04 922.37
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,361.90 1,295.40 1,274.28 1,123.06
S&P; 100 Index OEX 512.50 501.67 499.50 466.79

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   09/01/2003 - 09/05/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Oct, 2003 20 60,293
2   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Oct, 2003 20 37,344
3   Peoplesoft, Inc. 3 PQO Oct, 2003 20 31,948
4   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Sep, 2003 12.5 20,888
5   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Sep, 2003 20 16,791
6   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Oct, 2003 27.5 14,149
7   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Sep, 2003 27.5 14,092
8   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Oct, 2003 20 13,591
9   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Sep, 2003 27.5 13,361
10   Peoplesoft, Inc. 3 PQO Oct, 2003 20 10,552

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   09/01/2003 - 09/05/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2003 32 9,533
2   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Sep, 2003 20 9,165
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2003 35 8,593
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 33 6,956
5   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Sep, 2003 25 6,848
6   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Sep, 2003 27.5 6,809
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2003 33 6,406
8   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Sep, 2003 27.5 6,310
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2003 33 6,251
10   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Sep, 2003 20 6,238
 


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