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March 08, 2004 - March 12, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   03/01/2004 - 03/05/2004
 Date Index
3/5/2004 202
3/4/2004 182
3/3/2004 190
3/2/2004 173
3/1/2004 192

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
03-08-04 none
03-09-04 none
03-10-048:30
10:00
Balance of Trade Report
Wholesale Inventories
Jan.
Jan.
03-11-048:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
2:00
Initial Jobless Claims
Export Prices
Export Prices -- excluding agriculture
Import Prices
Import Prices -- excluding oil
Retail Sales
Retail Sales -- excluding automobiles
Treasury Budget Statement
Latest week.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
03-12-048:30
8:30
Producter Price Index (tentative)
Price Price Index -- Core Rate (tenatitve)
Jan.
Jan.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
3/9/2004IPG
3/9/2004KR
3/9/2004ABS
3/10/2004CMVT
3/10/2004KKD
3/10/2004IDCC
3/11/2004DISH
3/11/2004ANN
3/11/2004EP
3/11/2004FCEL
3/11/2004NSM
3/12/2004VRTY
3/12/2004ENZ

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
3/16/2004 Meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
3/18/2004 Last day for trading European style index options with March 2004 expiration.
3/19/2004 Last day for trading American style index and equity options with March 2004 expiration.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,595.55 10,619.10 10,551.58 9,719.18
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,156.85 1,147.36 1,135.23 1,045.68
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,157.80 1,146.47 1,134.10 1,044.79
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,473.00 1,483.98 1,495.53 1,365.68
S&P; 100 Index OEX 568.46 566.56 561.85 521.54

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   03/01/2004 - 03/05/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Mar, 2004 30 23,377
2   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Mar, 2004 30 20,543
3   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Mar, 2004 30 13,390
4   Applied Materials Inc. 9 ANQ Mar, 2004 22.5 12,732
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 12,570
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 11,810
7   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Apr, 2004 27.5 11,659
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 38 11,020
9   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Apr, 2004 32.5 10,566
10   Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The) 8 GT Jul, 2004 12.5 10,250

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   03/01/2004 - 03/05/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 17,723
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 ZWQ Jan, 2005 33 13,540
3   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Mar, 2004 30 12,543
4   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Mar, 2004 30 10,025
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 9,935
6   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Apr, 2004 25 9,523
7   Citigroup Inc. 8 C Mar, 2004 50 9,492
8   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Mar, 2004 22.5 8,473
9   Citigroup Inc. 8 C Apr, 2004 47.5 7,227
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2004 37 6,648
 


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