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August 16, 2004 - August 20, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   08/09/2004 - 08/13/2004
 Date Index
8/13/2004 143
8/12/2004 114
8/11/2004 137
8/10/2004 122
8/9/2004 130

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
08-16-048:30
New York Empire State Index
August
08-17-048:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
9:15
9:15
Housing Starts
Building Permits
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
CPI Core Rate (excluding food and energy)
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
July
July
July
July
July
July
08-18-04 none
08-19-048:30
10:00
12:00
Initial Jobless Claims
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
Philadelphia Fed Survey
Latest week.
July
August
08-20-04 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
8/16/2004KMRT
8/16/2004LOW
8/16/2004SYY
8/17/2004HD
8/17/2004WIND
8/17/2004EL
8/17/2004NTAP
8/17/2004SPLS
8/17/2004AMAT
8/17/2004ENZN
8/17/2004TJX
8/17/2004DE
8/17/2004JCP
8/17/2004BJ
8/18/2004SNPS
8/18/2004INTU
8/18/2004BRCD
8/18/2004MDT
8/18/2004BPUR
8/19/2004CIEN
8/19/2004ADSK
8/19/2004MCDTA
8/19/2004PETM
8/19/2004LTD
8/19/2004NT
8/19/2004GPS
8/19/2004SCMR
8/19/2004MRVL
8/19/2004NAV
8/19/2004FL
8/19/2004NOVL
8/20/2004KKD
8/20/2004TIVO

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
8/19/2004 Last day for trading European style index options with August expiration.
8/20/2004 Last day for trading American style index and equity options with August expiration.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 9,825.35 10,019.93 10,198.74 10,239.41
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,064.80 1,088.71 1,111.28 1,109.03
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,066.20 1,087.79 1,110.68 1,108.20
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,307.80 1,369.50 1,426.05 1,444.42
S&P; 100 Index OEX 520.72 532.14 542.21 544.89

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   08/09/2004 - 08/13/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Sep, 2004 22.5 47,679
2   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Aug, 2004 32.5 21,514
3   Hewlett-Packard Company 9 HHY Sep, 2004 17.5 17,514
4   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Aug, 2004 35 14,565
5   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Aug, 2004 35 14,112
6   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Sep, 2004 22.5 12,526
7   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Aug, 2004 32.5 12,344
8   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Aug, 2004 20 10,937
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2004 33 9,698
10   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Aug, 2004 27.5 9,469

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   08/09/2004 - 08/13/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Aug, 2004 32.5 36,317
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2004 33 27,184
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2004 32 23,352
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2004 32 20,175
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2004 33 17,739
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2004 33 16,871
7   Hewlett-Packard Company 9 HHY Sep, 2004 17.5 13,058
8   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Aug, 2004 20 12,115
9   Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 6 XIQ Sep, 2004 45 11,470
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Aug, 2004 35 11,032
 


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