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November 14, 2005 - November 18, 2005

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   11/07/2005 - 11/11/2005
 Date Index
11/11/2005 168
11/10/2005 156
11/9/2005 149
11/8/2005 175
11/7/2005 142

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
11-14-05 none
11-15-058:30
8:30
8:30
Retail Sales
Retail Sales - excluding automobiles
PPI Core Rate (excludes food and energy)
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
11-16-058:30
8:30
8:30
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
CPI Core Rate (excludes food and energy)
Business Inventories
Oct.
Oct.
Sept.
11-17-058:30
8:30
8:30
9:15
9:15
12:00
Housing Starts
Building Permits
Initial Jobless Claims
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
Philadelphia Fed Report Index
Oct.
Oct.
Latest week.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
11-18-05 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
11/14/2005A
11/14/2005AIG
11/14/2005DRL
11/14/2005WMT
11/14/2005LOW
11/14/2005TSN
11/14/2005TTN
11/15/2005AEOS
11/15/2005HD
11/15/2005GME
11/15/2005ADI
11/15/2005SPLS
11/15/2005TJX
11/15/2005ANF
11/15/2005BJ
11/15/2005HMA
11/16/2005INTU
11/16/2005PETM
11/16/2005RMK
11/16/2005SCMR
11/16/2005NTAP
11/16/2005TYC
11/16/2005AMAT
11/16/2005MDT
11/16/2005JCP
11/16/2005MUSE
11/16/2005DHI
11/17/2005BEAS
11/17/2005ADSK
11/17/2005JWN
11/17/2005SHLD
11/17/2005SSI
11/17/2005HRB
11/17/2005LTD
11/17/2005GPS
11/17/2005DIS
11/17/2005HPQ
11/17/2005MRVL
11/17/2005WSM
11/17/2005KLIC
11/17/2005SBUX
11/17/2005FL
11/17/2005TARO
11/18/2005ANN
11/18/2005MCDTA
11/18/2005FRE
11/18/2005CHINA
11/18/2005VIP

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
11/17/2005 Last day for trading European style index options for November expiration.
11/18/2005 Last day for trading equity and index options with American style settlement for November expiration.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,686.40 10,425.89 10,449.35 10,502.05
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,234.70 1,203.09 1,210.78 1,201.38
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,206.30 1,194.01 1,212.22 1,201.54
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,653.36 1,588.96 1,582.63 1,536.35
S&P; 100 Index OEX 569.20 555.57 559.75 564.78

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   11/07/2005 - 11/11/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Microsoft Corporation 10 VMF Jan, 2007 32 25,084
2   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 YXL Jan, 2008 2.5 24,060
3   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 YXL Jan, 2008 2.5 19,269
4   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Nov, 2005 25 16,864
5   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Nov, 2005 17.5 16,319
6   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Nov, 2005 17.5 16,164
7   General Motors Corp. 9 GM Jan, 2006 22.5 16,092
8   iShares - Lehman Brothers 20+ year Treasury Bond Index ETF 1 TLT Dec, 2005 91 16,016
9   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Dec, 2005 25 15,431
10   eBay, Inc. 4 XBA Nov, 2005 45 13,963

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   11/07/2005 - 11/11/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Microsoft Corporation 10 VMF Jan, 2007 24.5 22,102
2   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Nov, 2005 17.5 20,064
3   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Nov, 2005 17.5 11,842
4   eBay, Inc. 4 XBA Nov, 2005 42.5 11,497
5   AMR Corporation 4 AMR Jan, 2006 10 11,324
6   Guidant Corp. 6 GDT Nov, 2005 60 10,756
7   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 WYH Jan, 2008 20 10,520
8   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Dec, 2005 27.5 10,423
9   Pfizer Inc. 7 PFE Nov, 2005 20 9,977
10   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Dec, 2005 25 9,702
 


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