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May 03, 2004 - May 07, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   04/26/2004 - 04/30/2004
 Date Index
4/30/2004 200
4/29/2004 204
4/28/2004 192
4/27/2004 204
4/26/2004 196

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
05-03-04
10:00
Automotive Sales
Construction spending
April
March
05-04-0410:00
10:00
2:15
Institute for Supply Management Index
Factory Orders
FOMC Meeting Announcement
April
March

05-05-0410:00
Institute for Supply Mgt -- Services Index
April
05-06-048:30
8:30
Productivity Index (Preliminary)
Initial Jobless Claims
1Q
Latest week
05-07-048:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
3:00
Unemployment Rate
Nonfarm Payrolls
Average Hourly Earnings
Wholesale Inventories
Consumer Credit
April
April
April
March
March

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
5/6/2004 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) -- Periodic Meeting
5/20/2004 Last day for trading May index options with European style exercise/settlement.
5/21/2004 Last day for trading May equity and American style index options.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,225.57 10,418.42 10,395.88 9,973.53
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,107.30 1,133.08 1,130.09 1,073.50
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,106.10 1,132.29 1,129.21 1,072.56
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,401.35 1,469.35 1,450.98 1,409.35
S&P; 100 Index OEX 540.88 553.73 554.17 532.49

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   04/26/2004 - 04/30/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ May, 2004 22.5 31,063
2   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Oct, 2004 30 15,366
3   Citigroup Inc. 8 C May, 2004 50 13,057
4   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Jun, 2004 25 12,466
5   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ May, 2004 37.5 11,789
6   Intel Corporation 6 INQ May, 2004 25 11,701
7   NVIDIA Corporation 2 UVA Jun, 2004 25 11,145
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 35 10,897
9   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Jun, 2004 10 10,768
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 36 10,433

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   04/26/2004 - 04/30/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 35 24,389
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 36 17,255
3   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH May, 2004 35 14,527
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 35 12,273
5   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 ZEU Jan, 2005 2.5 12,195
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 37 11,846
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 36 11,824
8   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ May, 2004 47.5 11,806
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 38 10,815
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ May, 2004 39 10,807
 


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