October 04, 2004 - October 08, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   09/27/2004 - 10/01/2004
 Date Index
10/1/2004 94
9/30/2004 178
9/29/2004 130
9/28/2004 116
9/27/2004 128

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
10-04-0410:00
Factory Orders
August
10-05-0410:00
Institute for Supply Mgt - Services Index
Sept.
10-06-04 none
10-07-048:30
3:00
Initial Jobless Claims
Consumer Credit
Latest week.
August
10-08-048:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
Unemployment Rate
Non-farm Payrolls
Average Hourly Earnings
Wholesale Inventories
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
August

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
10/4/2004NFLX
10/5/2004YUM
10/5/2004APOL
10/6/2004DNA
10/6/2004MON
10/7/2004AA
10/7/2004COST
10/8/2004ACN
10/8/2004GE
10/8/2004SONS

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,192.65 10,205.87 10,112.20 10,298.29
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,131.50 1,118.89 1,102.46 1,118.45
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,133.20 1,119.22 1,102.29 1,117.77
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,452.94 1,408.40 1,381.87 1,440.73
S&P; 100 Index OEX 543.12 540.99 536.38 547.84

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   09/27/2004 - 10/01/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Merck & Co. Inc. 4 MRK Oct, 2004 35 31,019
2   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Jan, 2005 10 28,467
3   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Nov, 2004 27.5 19,961
4   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Oct, 2004 20 17,779
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 14,954
6   Veritas Software Corporation 1 VIV Nov, 2004 20 13,890
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 36 11,306
8   Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 3 KEQ Oct, 2004 17.5 11,281
9   Pfizer Inc. 7 PFE Oct, 2004 30 9,653
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 9,358

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   09/27/2004 - 10/01/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Oct, 2004 35 40,650
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 36 36,334
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2004 34 30,986
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 30,276
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2004 34 23,325
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 21,589
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 35 17,996
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2004 34 17,967
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2004 33 15,173
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Oct, 2004 37 13,597


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