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September 27, 2004 - October 01, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   09/20/2004 - 09/24/2004
 Date Index
9/24/2004 144
9/23/2004 130
9/22/2004 146
9/21/2004 154
9/20/2004 156

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
09-27-0410:00
New Home Sales
August
09-28-0410:00
Consumer Confidence Index
Sept.
09-29-048:30
8:30
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Final Revision
GDP Chain Weighted Deflator - Final Revision
2Q
2Q
09-30-048:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
Personal Income
Personal Consumption
Initial Jobless Claims
Chicagp Purchasing Managers Index
August
August
Latest week.
Sept.
10-01-048:30
10:00
10:00
Automotive Sales
Construction Spending
Institute for Supply Management - Mfg. Index
Sept.
August
Sept.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
9/27/2004WAG
9/28/2004SLR
9/29/2004MU
9/30/2004PEP
9/30/2004ENTG

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,047.24 10,222.93 10,112.31 10,295.50
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,110.10 1,116.38 1,100.99 1,117.25
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,111.50 1,116.57 1,100.68 1,116.56
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,399.50 1,400.56 1,380.95 1,440.49
S&P; 100 Index OEX 534.38 541.68 536.39 547.65

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   09/20/2004 - 09/24/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 38,552
2   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Oct, 2004 22.5 20,067
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 36 16,592
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 15,796
5   Nokia Corporation 10 NOK Nov, 2004 15 15,022
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 13,579
7   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Oct, 2004 30 12,583
8   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Oct, 2004 22.5 12,182
9   Sun Microsystems Inc. 2 SUQ Nov, 2004 4 10,283
10   Applied Materials Inc. 9 ANQ Oct, 2004 16 10,000

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   09/20/2004 - 09/24/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 36 25,933
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 25,445
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 20,165
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 18,569
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2004 34 16,318
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 13,491
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 36 11,010
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 36 10,778
9   United Parcel Service, Inc. 7 UPS Nov, 2004 75 9,803
10   Boston Scientific Corp. 9 BSX Oct, 2004 37.5 8,848
 


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