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October 06, 2003 - October 10, 2003

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   09/29/2003 - 10/03/2003
 Date Index
10/3/2003 156
10/2/2003 139
10/1/2003 161
9/30/2003 166
9/29/2003 169

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
10-06-03 none
10-07-033:00
 Consumer Credit
 Aug.
10-08-0310:00
 Wholesale Inventories
 Aug.
10-09-038:30
8:30
8:30
 Initial Jobless Claims
Export Prices - Excluding Agriculture
Import Prices -- Excluding Oil
 Latest week.
Sep.
Sep.
10-10-038:30
8:30
8:30
 Trade Balance
Producer Price Index
Producer Price Index - Excluding Food and Energy
 Aug.
Sep.
Sep.

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
10/7/2003YUM
10/7/2003AA
10/7/2003PEP
10/8/2003COST
10/8/2003SBL
10/8/2003DNA
10/8/2003YHOO
10/8/2003SONS
10/9/2003RMBS
10/9/2003ABT
10/9/2003JNPR
10/10/2003ELON
10/10/2003GE
10/10/2003NET

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
10/16/2003 Last day for trading European style index options expiring October 2003.
10/17/2003 Last day for trading American style index and equity options expiring October 2003.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 9,572.31 9,485.46 9,380.92 8,714.83
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,029.85 1,019.08 1,004.34 933.38
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP/3Z 1028.50 1017.99 1003.42 932.68
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,375.30 1,355.99 1,313.37 1,151.64
S&P; 100 Index OEX 515.16 511.46 504.52 471.28

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   09/29/2003 - 10/03/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Nov, 2003 11 30,335
2   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Oct, 2003 13 30,120
3   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Nov, 2003 20 24,769
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 33 13,461
5   Nextel Communications Inc. 10 FQC Oct, 2003 20 12,883
6   Sun Microsystems Inc. 2 SUQ Jan, 2004 4 11,501
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 34 10,836
8   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Nov, 2003 30 10,310
9   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Nov, 2003 30 10,288
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 33 9,765

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   09/29/2003 - 10/03/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Oct, 2003 20 11,941
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 33 10,412
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 32 10,133
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 34 10,043
5   Sun Microsystems Inc. 2 SUQ Nov, 2003 3 9,954
6   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Oct, 2003 20 8,971
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 33 7,720
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 33 7,675
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2003 32 7,367
10   Broadcom Corporation 10 RCQ Nov, 2003 25 6,129
 


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