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September 19, 2005 - September 23, 2005

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   09/12/2005 - 09/16/2005
 Date Index
9/16/2005 143
9/15/2005 108
9/14/2005 168
9/13/2005 139
9/12/2005 176

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
09-19-05 none
09-20-058:30
8:30
2:15
Housing Starts
Building Permits
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Statement
Aug.
August

09-21-05 none
09-22-058:30
10:00
Initial Jobless Claims
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
Latest week.
August
09-23-05 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
9/19/2005AES
9/20/2005PALM
9/20/2005LEN
9/20/2005GS
9/20/2005NKE
9/20/2005KMX
9/20/2005RHAT
9/21/2005AZO
9/21/2005PAYX
9/22/2005GIS
9/22/2005VRTY
9/22/2005ORCL
9/22/2005MWD
9/22/2005BBBY
9/22/2005CAG
9/22/2005FDX
9/22/2005KBH
9/22/2005TIBX
9/23/2005AGE
9/23/2005RAD
9/23/2005MANU

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
9/20/2005 Meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,641.94 10,536.88 10,576.79 10,542.20
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,237.90 1,223.48 1,227.18 1,198.51
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,242.30 1,224.76 1,229.51 1,188.44
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,599.44 1,583.43 1,587.86 1,536.24
S&P; 100 Index OEX 573.38 566.77 570.15 566.88

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   09/12/2005 - 09/16/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   McDonald's Corp. 2 MCD Sep, 2005 35 21,127
2   J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 5 JPM Sep, 2005 35 20,170
3   Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund 10 XLF Oct, 2005 30 18,000
4   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Oct, 2005 37.5 17,741
5   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Jan, 2006 27.5 17,594
6   BEA Systems, Inc. 5 BUC Dec, 2005 10 14,113
7   Time Warner Inc. 7 TWX Oct, 2005 19 13,361
8   Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 8 WMT Oct, 2005 45 13,069
9   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Oct, 2005 25 12,410
10   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Jan, 2006 27.5 10,966

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   09/12/2005 - 09/16/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Delta Airlines, Inc. 4 VDA Jan, 2007 2.5 19,613
2   General Motors Corp. 9 GM Sep, 2005 32.5 15,540
3   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Nov, 2005 61 14,555
4   Northwest Airlines Corporation 10 NAQ Sep, 2005 2.5 14,128
5   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Dec, 2005 13 11,881
6   Delta Airlines, Inc. 4 DAL Jan, 2006 5 10,219
7   Delta Airlines, Inc. 4 VDA Jan, 2007 2.5 9,990
8   Northwest Airlines Corporation 10 NAQ Oct, 2005 2.5 9,859
9   eBay, Inc. 4 XBA Sep, 2005 37.5 9,600
10   McDonald's Corp. 2 MCD Oct, 2005 30 8,324
 


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