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September 13, 2004 - September 17, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   09/06/2004 - 09/10/2004
 Date Index
9/10/2004 99
9/9/2004 129
9/8/2004 201
9/7/2004 134

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
09-13-042:00
Treasury Budget Statement
August
09-14-048:30
8:30
8:30
Current Account Deficit
Retail Sales
Retail Sales - excluding automobiles
2Q
August
August
09-15-048:30
8:30
9:15
9:15
Business Inventories
New York Empire State Index
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
July
Sept.
Augst
August
09-16-048:30
8:30
8:30
12:00
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
CPI Core Rate (exlcudes food and energy)
Initial Jobless Claims
Philadelphia Fed Index
August
August
Latest week.
Sept.
09-17-04 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
9/13/2004CPB
9/14/2004KR
9/14/2004ORCL
9/15/2004BBY
9/16/2004GIS
9/16/2004VRTY
9/16/2004COMS
9/16/2004CTAS
9/17/2004CCL
9/17/2004AGE
9/17/2004BMET
9/17/2004CC
9/17/2004JBL

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
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
9/21/2004 Meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,313.07 10,133.19 10,117.85 10,277.55
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,123.90 1,100.22 1,099.94 1,114.29
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,123.30 1,100.51 1,099.50 1,112.55
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,413.00 1,367.09 1,1385.77 1,440.66
S&P; 100 Index OEX 546.26 536.53 536.71 546.72

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   09/06/2004 - 09/10/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Oct, 2004 22.5 21,123
2   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Sep, 2004 20 17,583
3   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Sep, 2004 20 17,489
4   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ Sep, 2004 30 17,229
5   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Sep, 2004 20 16,128
6   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Sep, 2004 30 14,670
7   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Sep, 2004 30 14,360
8   Peoplesoft, Inc. 3 PQO Sep, 2004 20 12,805
9   Peoplesoft, Inc. 3 PQO Oct, 2004 20 12,287
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2004 34 11,987

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   09/06/2004 - 09/10/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 25,519
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2004 34 18,610
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 36 16,341
4   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 15,537
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 14,926
6   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2004 34 14,354
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 37 12,183
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 37 10,810
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Sep, 2004 34 10,515
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Sep, 2004 35 9,664
 


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