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October 11, 2004 - October 15, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   10/04/2004 - 10/08/2004
 Date Index
10/8/2004 154
10/7/2004 143
10/6/2004 187
10/5/2004 156
10/4/2004 121

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
10-11-04 none
10-12-04 none
10-13-04 none
10-14-048:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
Export Prices
Export Prices - excluding agriculture
Import Prices
Initial Jobless Claims
Balance of Trade
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Latest week.
August
10-15-048:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
9:15
9:15
2:00
Producer Price Index
Producer Price Index - core rate
Retail Sales
Retail Sales - exluding automobiles
New York State Empire Index
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
Treasury Budget Statement
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sep.t
Oct.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
10/12/2004MER
10/12/2004JNJ
10/12/2004CBH
10/12/2004INTC
10/12/2004ADTN
10/13/2004ACN
10/13/2004SNDK
10/13/2004PGR
10/13/2004CCK
10/13/2004SPOT
10/13/2004AAPL
10/13/2004HDI
10/13/2004QLGC
10/13/2004NYT
10/14/2004RMBS
10/14/2004UNH
10/14/2004BAC
10/14/2004FCS
10/14/2004ABT
10/14/2004FITB
10/14/2004KEY
10/14/2004SOV
10/14/2004CY
10/14/2004UIS
10/14/2004ELON
10/14/2004BBT
10/14/2004NCC
10/14/2004SYK
10/14/2004FDC
10/14/2004CREE
10/14/2004C
10/14/2004RDC
10/14/2004LEXR
10/14/2004NFLX
10/15/2004FNM
10/15/2004CVTX
10/15/2004WB
10/15/2004KMP

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
10/14/2004 Last day for trading October index options with European style exercise/settlement.
10/15/2004 Last day for trading index options with American style exercise/assignment and equity options.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,055.20 10,173.44 10,123.37 10,296.66
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,122.15 1,122.56 1,106.53 1,119.67
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,122.10 1,122.83 1,106.52 1,119.01
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,430.96 1,425.63 1,389.16 1,441.68
S&P; 100 Index OEX 538.48 541.00 537.34 547.97

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   10/04/2004 - 10/08/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Pfizer Inc. 7 PFE Oct, 2004 30 18,041
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 36 16,416
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Mar, 2005 36 13,360
4   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Nov, 2004 20 12,461
5   Merck & Co. Inc. 4 MRK Oct, 2004 30 10,795
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 10,119
7   Tidewater Inc. 4 TDW Nov, 2004 35 10,030
8   Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 8 AMD Oct, 2004 14 9,595
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 9,187
10   Viacom Inc. - Class B 2 VMB Oct, 2004 35 8,902

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   10/04/2004 - 10/08/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 36 35,678
2   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Oct, 2004 35 20,395
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 37 16,961
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 36 16,497
5   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Oct, 2004 35 15,516
6   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Oct, 2004 20 14,573
7   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Nov, 2004 20 14,003
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2004 34 13,259
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 13,254
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 12,524
 


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