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September 20, 2004 - September 24, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   09/13/2004 - 09/17/2004
 Date Index
9/17/2004 153
9/16/2004 100
9/15/2004 152
9/14/2004 125
9/13/2004 117

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
09-20-04 none
09-21-048:30
8:30
2:15
Housing Starts
Building Permits
FOMC Meeting - Policy Announcement
August
August

09-22-04 none
09-23-048:30
10:00
Initial Jobless Claims
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
Latest week.
August
09-24-048:30
10:00
Durable Goods Orders
Existing Home Sales
August
August

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
9/20/2004ADBE
9/20/2004LEN
9/20/2004NKE
9/20/2004KBH
9/20/2004KMX
9/20/2004RHAT
9/20/2004PLMO
9/21/2004GIS
9/21/2004AZO
9/21/2004PAYX
9/21/2004LEH
9/21/2004GS
9/21/2004JBL
9/21/2004TIBX
9/22/2004MWD
9/22/2004BBBY
9/22/2004CAG
9/22/2004BSC
9/22/2004FDX
9/23/2004AGE
9/23/2004RAD
9/23/2004MANU

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
9/21/2004 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Meeting
9/21/2004 Meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,284.75 10,216.25 10,120.83 10,289.71
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,128.55 1,111.76 1,100.53 1,115.99
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,127.00 1,112.10 1,100.16 1,115.32
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,426.30 1,390.07 1,382.21 1,440.69
S&P; 100 Index OEX 545.80 541.05 536.75 547.33

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   09/13/2004 - 09/17/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 37,431
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2004 34 35,442
3   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Sep, 2004 30 27,173
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 20,462
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 19,710
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 36 17,717
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 17,237
8   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Sep, 2004 20 15,520
9   InterActiveCorp 3 QTH Oct, 2004 25 13,920
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2004 34 13,078

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   09/13/2004 - 09/17/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 36 30,319
2   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ Jan, 2005 27.5 25,065
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 22,553
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 36 20,995
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 36 19,797
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 36 18,495
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 16,786
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 15,688
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 14,624
10   Broadcom Corporation 10 RCQ Sep, 2004 30 13,431
 


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