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August 22, 2005 - August 26, 2005

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   08/15/2005 - 08/19/2005
 Date Index
8/19/2005 120
8/18/2005 158
8/17/2005 157
8/16/2005 137
8/15/2005 224

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
08-22-05 none
08-23-0510:00
Existing Home Sales
July
08-24-058:30
10:00
Durable Goods Orders
New Home Sales
July
July
08-25-058:30
Initial Jobless Claims
Latest week.
08-26-05 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
8/23/2005AES
8/23/2005MYGN
8/23/2005WIND
8/23/2005TOY
8/23/2005WSM
8/24/2005INTU
8/24/2005MRX
8/24/2005PETM
8/24/2005HRB
8/24/2005OVTI
8/25/2005CMOS
8/25/2005TOL
8/25/2005CHS
8/25/2005DLTR
8/25/2005MIK
8/26/2005DG
8/26/2005FRE
8/26/2005TIVO
8/26/2005VIP

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,559.23 10,610.98 10,542.80 10,536.45
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,219.70 1,231.44 1,219.07 1,193.91
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,223.80 1,234.19 1,222.35 1,175.44
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,573.70 1,599.01 1,561.88 1,533.62
S&P; 100 Index OEX 566.66 572.17 569.55 566.35

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   08/15/2005 - 08/19/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Time Warner Inc. 7 TWX Sep, 2005 18 20,646
2   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 YXL Jan, 2008 5 20,302
3   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Aug, 2005 70 18,595
4   Apple Computer, Inc. 6 QAA Sep, 2005 47.5 14,445
5   Microsoft Corporation 10 VMF Jan, 2007 29.5 14,141
6   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jan, 2006 27.5 12,489
7   Hewlett-Packard Company 9 HPQ Aug, 2005 25 12,461
8   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Aug, 2005 65 11,911
9   Merck & Co. Inc. 4 MRK Aug, 2005 30 11,533
10   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jan, 2006 27 11,026

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   08/15/2005 - 08/19/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Merck & Co. Inc. 4 MRK Sep, 2005 27.5 27,074
2   Merck & Co. Inc. 4 MRK Aug, 2005 30 25,018
3   Microsoft Corporation 10 VMF Jan, 2007 27 14,227
4   Merck & Co. Inc. 4 MRK Sep, 2005 30 12,561
5   Hewlett-Packard Company 9 HHY Aug, 2005 22.5 11,885
6   Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 8 WMT Sep, 2005 47.5 11,576
7   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Aug, 2005 65 10,009
8   Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 2 CY Dec, 2005 10 10,000
9   Northwest Airlines Corporation 10 NAQ Sep, 2005 5 9,746
10   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Sep, 2005 30 9,726
 


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