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March 28, 2005 - April 01, 2005

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   03/21/2005 - 03/25/2005
 Date Index
3/24/2005 173
3/23/2005 119
3/22/2005 166
3/21/2005 132

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
03-28-05 none
03-29-0510:00
Consumer Confidence Index
March
03-30-058:30
8:30
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
GDP Chain Weighted Deflator
4Q
4Q
03-31-058:30
8:30
8:30
10:0
10:00
10:00
Personal Income
Personal Consumption
Initial Jobless Claims
Chicago Purchasing Managers - Mfg. Index
Help Wanted Index
Factory Orders
Feb.
Feb.
Latest week.
March
Feb.
Feb.
04-01-058:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
10:00
Automotive Sales
Unemployment Rate
Non-farm Payrolls
Average Hourly Earnings
Construction Spending
Institute for Supply Management -- Mfg. Index
March
March
March
March
Feb.
March

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
3/28/2005MU
3/28/2005WAG
3/28/2005CALM
3/29/2005APOL
3/30/2005ACN
3/30/2005CC
3/30/2005BBY
3/30/2005KMX
3/31/2005AMT
3/31/2005AGE
3/31/2005FRE
3/31/2005TOY
3/31/2005BBBY
3/31/2005RHAT
4/1/2005SCHN

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,442.87 10,734.66 10,665.04 10,376.32
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,171.40 1,200.08 1,193.75 1,150.46
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,175.50 1,200.91 1,189.77 1,132.75
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,469.94 1,506.44 1,516.07 1,482.52
S&P; 100 Index OEX 557.72 572.87 570.41 553.60

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   03/21/2005 - 03/25/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ May, 2005 22.5 32,066
2   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ May, 2005 22.5 25,192
3   BIOGEN IDEC INC. 6 IDK Apr, 2005 40 21,521
4   TASER International 1 QUR Apr, 2005 15 17,659
5   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ May, 2005 22.5 15,749
6   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Apr, 2005 13 14,744
7   Sprint Corporation (FON Group) 3 FON May, 2005 22.5 14,236
8   Sears Roebuck And Co. 3 S Apr, 2005 50 12,952
9   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ Apr, 2005 35 11,521
10   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ Apr, 2005 32.5 11,367

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   03/21/2005 - 03/25/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund 10 XLE Apr, 2005 40 25,204
2   Sprint Corporation (FON Group) 3 FON May, 2005 22.5 19,024
3   Exxon Mobil Corp. 1 XOM Apr, 2005 60 18,898
4   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Apr, 2005 12 13,369
5   General Motors Corp. 9 WGM Jan, 2006 10 11,924
6   Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund 10 WFS Jan, 2006 27 10,000
7   Oracle Corporation 5 ORQ Apr, 2005 13 9,449
8   Time Warner Inc. 7 TWX Apr, 2005 18 9,413
9   Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund 10 XLE Apr, 2005 43 8,315
10   Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund 10 XLF Apr, 2005 28 8,000
 


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