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January 05, 2004 - January 09, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   12/29/2003 - 01/02/2004
 Date Index
1/2/2004 147
12/31/2003 115
12/30/2003 197
12/29/2003 176

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
01-05-0410:00

Construction Spending
Automotive Sales
Nov.
Dec.
01-06-0410:00
10:00
Institute for Supply Mgt - Services Index
Factory Orders
Dec.
Nov.
01-07-04 none
01-08-048:30
10:00
3:00
Initial Claims for Unemployment
Wholesale Inventories
Consumer Credit
Latest week.
Nov.
Nov.
01-09-048:30
8:30
8:30
Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm Payrolls
Average Hourly Earnings
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
1/5/2004WAG
1/6/2004EXTR
1/8/2004AA

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
1/15/2004 Last day for trading Index options with European style exercise/settlement expiring January 2004.
1/16/2004 Last day for trading equity and Index options with American exercise/settlement expiring in January 2004.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,409.85 10,161.94 9,922.96 9,250.29
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,108.50 1,083.20 1,062.98 994.01
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP/4H 1,108.90 1,082.75 1,062.20 993.14
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,463.57 1,427.66 1,417.83 1,277.17
S&P; 100 Index OEX 550.00 536.49 526.13 498.37

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   12/29/2003 - 01/02/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Jan, 2004 36 12,516
2   International Business Machines 3 IBM Jan, 2004 95 10,946
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Jan, 2004 36 10,474
4   J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 5 JPM Jan, 2004 35 7,521
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Jan, 2004 37 7,444
6   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Jan, 2004 30 7,177
7   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Jan, 2004 35 7,009
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Jan, 2004 35 6,762
9   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Jan, 2004 42.5 6,528
10   Rambus Inc. 5 BNQ Jan, 2004 30 6,309

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   12/29/2003 - 01/02/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Jan, 2004 36 7,031
2   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jan, 2004 27.5 6,700
3   Applied Materials Inc. 9 ANQ Jan, 2004 22.5 5,442
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Feb, 2004 35 4,741
5   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jan, 2004 25 4,672
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 XCW Jan, 2005 35 4,100
7   AT&T; Corp. 7 T Feb, 2004 20 3,799
8   Duke Energy Corp 7 DUK Jan, 2004 20 3,701
9   Microsoft Corporation 10 MQF Apr, 2004 22.5 3,655
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Jan, 2004 35 3,523
 


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