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April 05, 2004 - April 09, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   03/29/2004 - 04/02/2004
 Date Index
4/2/2004 149
4/1/2004 159
3/31/2004 194
3/30/2004 195
3/29/2004 156

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
04-05-0410:00
 Institute for Supply Mgt -- Services Index
 March
04-06-04 none
04-07-048:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
 Export Prices
Export Prices - excluding agriculture
Import Prices
Import Prices - excluding oil
 March
March
March
March
04-08-048:30
10:00
 Initial Jobless Claims
Wholesale inventories
 Latest week.
Feb.
04-09-04 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
4/6/2004AA
4/7/2004EP
4/7/2004DNA
4/7/2004EXTR
4/7/2004YHOO
4/8/2004ABT
4/8/2004JNPR
4/8/2004RAD
4/8/2004RSAS
4/8/2004FDC
4/8/2004GE
4/8/2004NET
4/8/2004PWAV

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
4/9/2004 Good Friday Holiday -- Markets Closed
4/15/2004 Last day for trading April index options with European style exercise/settlement.
4/16/2004 Last day for trading April equity and American style index options.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,470.59 10,278.08 10,461.37 9,849.00
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,141.80 1,119.76 1,133.72 1,060.04
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,106.10 1,123.88 1,133.64 1,055.91
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,490.30 1,423.80 1,462.37 1,388.04
S&P; 100 Index OEX 558.10 549.19 558.73 527.34

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   03/29/2004 - 04/02/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   American Tower Corp. 8 WVY Jan, 2006 15 20,000
2   Intel Corporation 6 INQ May, 2004 27.5 19,967
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 37 17,694
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 36 16,475
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 37 16,353
6   Sun Microsystems Inc. 2 SUQ Apr, 2004 5 14,916
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 35 14,103
8   Best Buy Co., Inc. 9 BBY Apr, 2004 50 13,783
9   Qualcomm Inc. 4 AAO Apr, 2004 65 12,499
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 36 11,351

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   03/29/2004 - 04/02/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 35 15,117
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 35 11,745
3   American Tower Corp. 8 ZKC Jan, 2005 10 10,000
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 36 9,965
5   Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund 10 XLF May, 2004 30 9,010
6   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Apr, 2004 27.5 8,997
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 37 8,195
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 35 7,931
9   Applied Materials Inc. 9 ANQ Oct, 2004 22.5 7,813
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 36 7,774
 


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