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September 06, 2004 - September 10, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   08/30/2004 - 09/03/2004
 Date Index
9/3/2004 132
9/2/2004 91
9/1/2004 83
8/31/2004 114
8/30/2004 158

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
09-06-04 none
09-07-04 none
09-08-042:00
3:00
Fed's Beige Book Report
Consumer Credit

July
09-09-048:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
Export Prices
Export Prices - excluding agriculture
Import Prices
Import Prices - excluding energy
Initial Jobless Claims
Wholesale Inventories
August
August
August
August
Latest week.
July
09-10-048:30
8:30
8:30
Producer Price Index
PPI Core Rate (exlcudes food and energy)
Trade Balanace
August
August
July

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
9/7/2004HOV
9/8/2004CMVT
9/8/2004MATK
9/8/2004IMMU
9/8/2004ADAT
9/9/2004TTWO
9/9/2004NSM

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
9/6/2004 Labor Day Holiday -- Markets Closed.
9/16/2004 European style index options with September expiration stop trading.
9/17/2004 Last day for trading index options with American exercise style and equity options.
9/21/2004 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Meeting

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,260.20 10,050.10 10,124.31 10,264.12
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,113.65 1,090.92 1,101.26 1,112.65
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,108.20 1,087.82 1,103.52 1,110.45
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,371.80 1,354.81 1,394.81 1,440.28
S&P; 100 Index OEX 541.60 532.83 537.30 546.12

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   08/30/2004 - 09/03/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Sep, 2004 22.5 18,936
2   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Sep, 2004 22.5 17,688
3   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Sep, 2004 22.5 15,713
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 37 14,678
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2004 34 14,363
6   Applied Materials Inc. 9 ANQ Sep, 2004 16 12,838
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 12,692
8   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Sep, 2004 30 11,651
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2004 33 11,432
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 11,027

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   08/30/2004 - 09/03/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2004 34 41,198
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2004 34 29,719
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 37 16,922
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Oct, 2004 34 16,754
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Nov, 2004 34 15,793
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 15,070
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2004 34 15,027
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2004 33 13,838
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 12,711
10   J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 5 JPM Sep, 2004 37.5 12,650
 


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