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May 17, 2004 - May 21, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   05/10/2004 - 05/14/2004
 Date Index
5/14/2004 126
5/13/2004 166
5/12/2004 182
5/11/2004 82
5/10/2004 169

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
05-17-048:30
8:30
NYS Empire Index
NY Empire State Index
May
May
05-18-048:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
Housing Starts
Building Permits
Housing Starts
Building Permits
April
April
April
April
05-19-04 none
05-20-048:30
10:00
12:00
8:30
10:00
12:00
Initial Jobless Claims
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
Philadelphia Fed Report
Initial Jobless Claims
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
Philadelphia Fed Index
Latest week.
April
May
Latest week.
April
May
05-21-04 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
5/17/04CSC
5/17/04A
5/17/04LOW
5/17/04MUSEE
5/18/04HD
5/18/04NTAP
5/18/04AMAT
5/18/04JCP
5/19/04CMOS
5/19/04INTU
5/19/04LTD
5/19/04TOY
5/19/04ADCT
5/19/04MDT
5/20/04WIND
5/20/04GPS
5/20/04SPLS
5/20/04HPQ
5/20/04BJ
5/21/04CIEN
5/21/04SNPS
5/21/04MRVL
5/21/04WSM
5/21/04BPUR
5/21/04FL
5/21/04NOVL
5/21/04TIVO

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
5/20/2004 Last day for trading May index options with European style exercise/settlement.
5/21/2004 Last day for trading May equity and American style index options.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,012.87 10,266.58 10,303.23 10,021.64
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,087.10 1,123.83 1,126.11 1,077.23
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,095.50 1,125.20 1,126.28 1,075.75
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,399.85 1,437.08 1,439.04 1,416.87
S&P; 100 Index OEX 535.48 545.79 548.97 534.60

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   05/10/2004 - 05/14/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ May, 2004 22.5 25,097
2   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ May, 2004 22.5 23,866
3   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH May, 2004 37.5 22,820
4   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH May, 2004 37.5 22,594
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 35 20,647
6   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH May, 2004 37.5 18,976
7   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Jul, 2004 27.5 16,973
8   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Jun, 2004 22.5 13,939
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 36 13,625
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 35 13,614

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   05/10/2004 - 05/14/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV May, 2004 34 68,666
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 38 33,054
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 38 28,530
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 35 28,272
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 35 23,863
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 35 20,108
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV May, 2004 34 16,576
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 36 16,015
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 37 14,438
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV May, 2004 34 12,712
 


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