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November 15, 2004 - November 19, 2004

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   11/08/2004 - 11/12/2004
 Date Index
11/12/2004 190
11/11/2004 163
11/10/2004 161
11/9/2004 164
11/8/2004 162

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
11-15-048:30
NY Empire State Index
Nov.
11-16-048:30
8:30
Producer Price Index (PPI)
PPI Core Rate (excludes food and energy)
Oct.
Oct.
11-17-048:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
9:15
9:15
Housing Starts
Building Permits
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
CPI Core Rate (excludes food and energy)
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
11-18-048:30
10:00
12:00
Initital Jobless Claims
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
Philadelphia Fed Index
Latest week.
Oct.
Nov.
11-19-04 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
11/15/2004SPOT
11/15/2004LOW
11/16/2004HD
11/16/2004SCMR
11/16/2004NTAP
11/16/2004SPLS
11/16/2004WMT
11/16/2004HPQ
11/16/2004TJX
11/16/2004JCP
11/16/2004BJ
11/17/2004INTU
11/17/2004PETM
11/17/2004OSIP
11/17/2004AMAT
11/17/2004MDT
11/18/2004FNM
11/18/2004ADSK
11/18/2004MCDTA
11/18/2004LTD
11/18/2004GPS
11/18/2004DIS
11/18/2004MRVL
11/18/2004WSM
11/18/2004FL
11/18/2004NOVL
11/19/2004NT

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
11/18/2004 Last day for trading index options with European style exercise settlement.
11/19/2004 Last day for trading American sytle index and equity options.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,539.10 10,098.70 10,139.52 10,244.23
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,184.15 1,133.42 1,126.17 1,120.30
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,108.30 1,120.31 1,108.37 1,119.39
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,558.41 1,487.00 1,448.39 1,438.09
S&P; 100 Index OEX 566.22 542.68 541.50 545.92

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   11/08/2004 - 11/12/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Nov, 2004 36 44,339
2   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Nov, 2004 20 37,475
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Nov, 2004 35 36,687
4   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Nov, 2004 30 33,743
5   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Nov, 2004 20 29,084
6   Qualcomm Inc. 4 AAO Dec, 2004 40 24,221
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Nov, 2004 38 18,764
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Nov, 2004 38 16,574
9   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Nov, 2004 40 16,446
10   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jan, 2005 32.5 15,930

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   11/08/2004 - 11/12/2004
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Nov, 2004 20 36,579
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Dec, 2004 38 22,641
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Nov, 2004 38 16,567
4   Dell Computer Corporation 1 DLQ Nov, 2004 37.5 15,785
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Nov, 2004 38 14,360
6   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Nov, 2004 30 13,786
7   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Jan, 2005 38 13,620
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Nov, 2004 39 13,067
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Nov, 2004 38 12,992
10   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QQQ Nov, 2004 36 12,154
 


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