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July 26, 2004 - July 30, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   07/19/2004 - 07/23/2004
 Date Index
7/23/2004 151
7/22/2004 153
7/21/2004 125
7/20/2004 183
7/19/2004 156

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
07-26-0410:00
Existing Home Sales
June
07-27-0410:00
10:00
Consumer Confidence
New Home Sales
July
June
07-28-048:30
2:00
Durable Goods Orders
Fed's Beige Book Report
June
June
07-29-048:30
8:30
Employment Cost Index
Initial Jobless Claims
2Q
Latest week.
07-30-048:30
8:30
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Advanced
GDP Chain Weighted Deflator - Advanced
2Q
2Q

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
7/26/2004CHK
7/26/2004CTSH
7/27/2004PLMD
7/27/2004UTSI
7/27/2004PSFT
7/27/2004CECO
7/27/2004X
7/27/2004MHS
7/28/2004BIIB
7/29/2004WMI
7/29/2004CCE
7/29/2004CVTX
7/29/2004HPC
7/29/2004GP
7/29/2004G
7/29/2004SONE
7/29/2004FLML
7/29/2004MVL

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 9,962.22 10,227.83 10,215.86 10,216.84
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,086.20 1,115.80 1,116.75 1,105.64
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,102.80 1,124.39 1,116.94 1,102.87
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,375.48 1,443.67 1,446.26 1,447.51
S&P; 100 Index OEX 530.38 543.21 544.46 543.95

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   07/19/2004 - 07/23/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Aug, 2004 35 25,214
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Aug, 2004 35 19,587
3   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Aug, 2004 30 17,522
4   Motorola Inc. 1 MOT Aug, 2004 17 16,355
5   Amazon.Com, Inc. 4 ZQN Aug, 2004 45 16,092
6   Motorola Inc. 1 MOT Aug, 2004 16 15,617
7   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Aug, 2004 30 13,837
8   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Aug, 2004 32.5 13,212
9   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Aug, 2004 22.5 13,025
10   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Aug, 2004 32.5 12,805

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   07/19/2004 - 07/23/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Aug, 2004 37 17,117
2   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Aug, 2004 27.5 12,548
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Aug, 2004 34 12,069
4   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Aug, 2004 27.5 11,884
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Aug, 2004 35 11,322
6   Amazon.Com, Inc. 4 ZQN Aug, 2004 42.5 10,906
7   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Oct, 2004 20 10,007
8   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Aug, 2004 20 9,441
9   Amazon.Com, Inc. 4 ZQN Aug, 2004 40 9,070
10   Pfizer Inc. 7 PFE Aug, 2004 32.5 9,045
 


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