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April 12, 2004 - April 16, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   04/05/2004 - 04/09/2004
 Date Index
4/8/2004 134
4/7/2004 145
4/6/2004 252
4/5/2004 198

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
04-12-04 none
04-13-048:30
8:30
8:30
2:00
 Business Inventories
Retail Sales
Retail Sales (excluding automobiles)
Treasury Budget Statement
 Feb.
March
March
March
04-14-048:30
8:30
8:30
 Consumer Price Index (CPI)
CPI Core Rate (excludes food and energy)
U.S. Balance of Trade
 March
March
Feb.
04-15-048:30
8:30
12:00
 Empire State Index
Initial Jobless Claims
Philadelphia Fed Survey
 April
Latest week.
April
04-16-048:30
8:30
9:15
9:15
 Housing Starts
Building Permits
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
 March
March
March
March

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
4/12/2004NVLS
4/12/2004NYT
4/13/2004MCD
4/13/2004INTC
4/14/2004RMBS
4/14/2004BAC
4/14/2004FNM
4/14/2004SNDK
4/14/2004IBM
4/14/2004UIS
4/14/2004FBF
4/14/2004LRCX
4/14/2004RDC
4/14/2004HS
4/14/2004SGR
4/15/2004WFC
4/15/2004ALL
4/15/2004FCS
4/15/2004FITB
4/15/2004KEY
4/15/2004MLNM
4/15/2004PEP
4/15/2004SOV
4/15/2004CY
4/15/2004CHKP
4/15/2004DCLK
4/15/2004JNJ
4/15/2004PMCS
4/15/2004TXN
4/15/2004ELON
4/15/2004GENZ
4/15/2004KFT
4/15/2004LLTC
4/15/2004CDN
4/15/2004USB
4/15/2004CDWC
4/15/2004C
4/15/2004TER
4/15/2004GM
4/15/2004RX
4/15/2004NTRS
4/15/2004CAL
4/15/2004CMA
4/15/2004ET
4/15/2004ADTN
4/15/2004BIIB
4/15/2004N
4/15/2004NFLX
4/16/2004UNH
4/16/2004BAX
4/16/2004ATML
4/16/2004F
4/16/2004ISSX
4/16/2004MO
4/16/2004MXT
4/16/2004CL
4/16/2004CVTX
4/16/2004MER
4/16/2004STJ
4/16/2004SUNW
4/16/2004UTSI
4/16/2004ANDW
4/16/2004CAT
4/16/2004CREE
4/16/2004PGR
4/16/2004S
4/16/2004DAL
4/16/2004DO
4/16/2004EMC
4/16/2004WEBX
4/16/2004HON
4/16/2004JPM
4/16/2004SLM
4/16/2004AAPL
4/16/2004GDT
4/16/2004NITE
4/16/2004PLCM
4/16/2004SY
4/16/2004GD
4/16/2004GP
4/16/2004HDI
4/16/2004HIFN
4/16/2004MERQ
4/16/2004TLAB
4/16/2004AMD
4/16/2004GTW
4/16/2004KO
4/16/2004UTX
4/16/2004BRCM
4/16/2004DHR
4/16/2004MYG
4/16/2004KMI
4/16/2004KMP
4/16/2004CERN
4/16/2004CNXT
4/16/2004DHI
4/16/2004ED
4/16/2004FCX
4/16/2004LEXR

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
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 10,442.30 10,286.31 10,455.42 9,876.44
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,139.30 1,120.24 1,133.90 1,063.16
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,139.60 1,119.49 1,132.81 1,062.20
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,485.51 1,433.34 1,459.84 1,393.69
S&P; 100 Index OEX 556.12 548.81 558.17 528.55

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   04/05/2004 - 04/09/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 37 17,663
2   PMC - Sierra Inc. 3 SQL Apr, 2004 17.5 10,708
3   Siebel Systems Inc. 4 SGQ Apr, 2004 12.5 10,536
4   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ Jul, 2004 50 10,406
5   General Electric Company 10 GE Apr, 2004 32.5 9,763
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 37 8,863
7   Intel Corporation 6 INQ Apr, 2004 27.5 8,310
8   Sun Microsystems Inc. 2 SUQ Apr, 2004 5 7,912
9   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Apr, 2004 25 7,776
10   General Electric Company 10 GE Apr, 2004 32.5 6,761

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   04/05/2004 - 04/09/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV May, 2004 29 15,000
2   Intel Corporation 6 INQ May, 2004 27.5 10,938
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 37 10,812
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 37 8,785
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 37 8,313
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 38 8,013
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Apr, 2004 36 7,822
8   Citigroup Inc. 8 C May, 2004 50 7,494
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV May, 2004 30 7,210
10   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Apr, 2004 25 6,777
 


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