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November 28, 2005 - December 02, 2005

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   11/21/2005 - 11/25/2005
 Date Index
11/25/2005 295
11/23/2005 159
11/22/2005 176
11/21/2005 226

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
11-28-0510:00
Existing Home Sales
Oct.
11-29-058:30
10:00
10:00
Durable Goods Orders
Consumer Confidence Index
New Home Sales
Oct.
Nov.
Oct.
11-30-058:30
8:30
2:00
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Prelim.
GDP Chain Weighted Deflator - Prelim.
Fed's Beige Book
3Q
3Q
Oct.
12-01-058:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
10:00
Automotive Sales
Personal Income
Personal Consumption
Initial Jobless Claims
Construction Spending
Institute for Supply Mgt. - Mfg. Index
Nov.
Oct.
Oct.
Latest week.
Oct.
Nov.
12-02-058:30
8:30
8:30
Unemployment Rate
Non-farm Payrolls
Average Hourly Earnings
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
11/29/2005GME
11/29/2005SCMR
11/29/2005SMTC
11/29/2005TIVO
11/30/2005SNPS
11/30/2005TIF
11/30/2005MCDTA
11/30/2005CHS
12/1/2005CMVT
12/1/2005MGAM
12/1/2005OVTI
12/1/2005NOVL

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,931.62 10,623.33 10,484.48 10,508.47
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,268.25 1,228.79 1,213.73 1,203.80
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,270.10 1,231.46 1,217.29 1,206.18
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,701.50 1,636.96 1,596.81 1,543.33
S&P; 100 Index OEX 583.24 566.12 560.59 564.91

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   11/21/2005 - 11/25/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Dec, 2005 27.5 25,082
2   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Jan, 2006 27.5 21,150
3   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Dec, 2005 17.5 16,383
4   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Dec, 2005 17.5 16,220
5   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Jan, 2006 27.5 14,377
6   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 VEU Jan, 2007 2.5 14,083
7   Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 8 WMT Mar, 2006 50 12,235
8   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 VEU Jan, 2007 2.5 12,190
9   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 VEU Jan, 2007 2.5 12,121
10   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Mar, 2006 13 11,829

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   11/21/2005 - 11/25/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 WOI Jan, 2008 66 22,800
2   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Dec, 2005 37.5 15,934
3   General Electric Company 10 GE Dec, 2005 35 10,209
4   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ Jan, 2006 35 10,142
5   Pfizer Inc. 7 VPE Jan, 2007 20 10,100
6   Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 2 CY Dec, 2005 17.5 9,569
7   Guidant Corp. 6 GDT Jan, 2006 55 8,397
8   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Dec, 2005 13 8,077
9   General Motors Corp. 9 GM Mar, 2006 10 6,037
10   Pfizer Inc. 7 VPE Jan, 2007 22.5 5,906
 


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