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November 21, 2005 - November 25, 2005

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   11/14/2005 - 11/18/2005
 Date Index
11/18/2005 181
11/17/2005 182
11/16/2005 150
11/15/2005 164
11/14/2005 184

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
11-21-0510:00
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
Oct.
11-22-052:00
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Minutes
Nov. 1
11-23-058:30
10:00
Initial Jobless Claims
Help Wanted Index
Latest week.
Oct.
11-24-05 none
11-25-05 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
11/21/2005CPB
11/22/2005DLTR
11/22/2005DE
11/23/2005UCL
11/25/2005PVN

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
11/24/2005 Markets closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day holoday.
11/25/2005 Equity markets will close at 1 PM EST.
11/25/2005 Options markets will close by 1:15 PM EST.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 10,766.33 10,517.75 10,461.35 10,505.04
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,248.25 1,215.31 1,211.27 1,202.52
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,206.30 1,194.01 1,212.22 1,201.54
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,679.85 1,614.96 1,589.20 1,539.82
S&P; 100 Index OEX 574.70 560.33 559.71 564.79

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   11/14/2005 - 11/18/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Nov, 2005 65 18,536
2   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Nov, 2005 65.5 18,058
3   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Nov, 2005 64 16,797
4   Amazon.Com, Inc. 4 ZQN Nov, 2005 47.5 16,295
5   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Jan, 2006 22.5 15,000
6   General Motors Corp. 9 GM Nov, 2005 22.5 14,815
7   General Electric Company 10 GE Dec, 2005 35 14,495
8   General Electric Company 10 GE Jan, 2006 37.5 12,451
9   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Nov, 2005 75 12,404
10   General Electric Company 10 GE Nov, 2005 35 12,363

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   11/14/2005 - 11/18/2005
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Dec, 2005 64 27,282
2   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Nov, 2005 65.5 21,628
3   ChevronTexaco Corp. 10 VCH Jan, 2007 50 15,000
4   Guidant Corp. 6 GDT Jan, 2006 55 13,958
5   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Dec, 2005 64 12,061
6   General Motors Corp. 9 VGN Jan, 2007 7.5 10,485
7   American Express Company 3 AXP Nov, 2005 50 9,845
8   Best Buy Co., Inc. 9 BBY Dec, 2005 45 9,380
9   Johnson & Johnson 3 JNJ Jan, 2006 60 8,542
10   Capital One Financial Corporation 10 COF Nov, 2005 80 8,534
 


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