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September 29, 2003 - October 03, 2003

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   09/22/2003 - 09/26/2003
 Date Index
9/26/2003 177
9/25/2003 196
9/24/2003 163
9/23/2003 175
9/22/2003 170

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
09-29-038:30
8:30
 Personal Income
Personal Consumption
 Aug.
Aug.
09-30-0310:00
10:00
 Consumer Confidence Index
Chicago Purchasing Managers Index
 Sep.
Sep.
10-01-0310:00
10:00
10:00
 Automobile Sales
Construction Spending
Institute for Supply Management Mfg Index
 Sep.
Aug.
Sep.
10-02-038:30
10:00
 Initial Jobless Claims
Factory Orders
 Latest week.
Aug.
10-03-038:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
 Unemployment Rate
Non-farm Payrolls
Average Hourly Earnings
Institute for Supply Management Services Index
 Sep.
Sep.
Sep.
Sep.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
9/29/2003WAG
10/2/2003SWY
10/3/2003JDEC

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
10/16/2003 Last day for trading European style index options expiring October 2003.
10/17/2003 Last day for trading American style index and equity options expiring October 2003.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 9,313.80 9,499.00 9,352.22 8,692.53
S&P; 500 Index SPX 996.85 1,019.85 1,001.53 930.58
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP/Z3 997.80 1019.11 100.63 929.89
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,309.31 1,359.89 1,305.25 1,144.03
S&P; 100 Index OEX 499.62 511.73 503.38 470.04

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   09/22/2003 - 09/26/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Hewlett-Packard Company 9 HHY Oct, 2003 20 26,302
2   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Oct, 2003 20 21,241
3   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Nov, 2003 30 21,132
4   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Nov, 2003 20 20,752
5   Nextel Communications Inc. 10 FQC Oct, 2003 20 13,472
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 34 13,016
7   Micron Technology Inc. 4 MU Oct, 2003 14 12,813
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 34 12,648
9   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Nov, 2003 30 11,752
10   International Business Machines 3 IBM Oct, 2003 90 10,644

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   09/22/2003 - 09/26/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Oct, 2003 20 41,142
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 33 15,218
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 34 12,354
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 33 10,329
5   Micron Technology Inc. 4 MU Oct, 2003 14 9,222
6   Concord EFS Inc. 1 CE Nov, 2003 9 9,031
7   Calpine Corporation 9 CPN Jan, 2004 5 8,920
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 34 8,367
9   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Oct, 2003 30 8,122
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 33 7,768
 


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