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September 18, 2006 - September 22, 2006

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   09/11/2006 - 09/15/2006
 Date Index
9/15/2006 70
9/14/2006 114
9/13/2006 108
9/12/2006 114
9/11/2006 99

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
09-18-068:30
 Current Account Report
 2Q
09-19-068:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
 Producer Price Index (PPI)
PPI Core Rate (excludes food and energy)
Housing Starts
Building Permits
 August
August
August
August
09-20-062:15
 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Statement
 August
09-21-068:30
10:00
 Initial Jobless Claims
Index of Leading Economic Indicators
 Latest week.
August
09-22-06 none

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
9/18/2006CCL
9/19/2006ORCL
9/19/2006AZO
9/19/2006CBRL
9/20/2006KMX
9/20/2006MS
9/20/2006BBBY
9/20/2006BMET
9/20/2006CC
9/20/2006CTAS
9/21/2006KBH
9/21/2006PALM
9/21/2006FDX
9/21/2006GIS
9/21/2006NKE
9/21/2006RAD
9/21/2006CAG
9/21/2006CMTL
9/21/2006COGN
9/21/2006COMS

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
9/20/2006 Meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
9/29/2006 Last day for trading September 2006 quarterly option contracts.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 11,560.77 11,398.25 11,211.08 11,096.66
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,319.85 1,303.75 1,281.37 1,279.62
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,332.20 1,306.22 1,285.87 1,284.03
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,632.45 1,582.40 1,532.29 1,629.66
S&P; 100 Index OEX 609.02 602.44 590.98 584.60

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   09/11/2006 - 09/15/2006
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Microsoft Corporation 10 VMF Jan, 2009 30 45,202
2   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Sep, 2006 80 33,465
3   Home Depot Inc. 3 HD Sep, 2006 35 24,497
4   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Sep, 2006 20 20,666
5   Apple Computer, Inc. 6 QAA Sep, 2006 75 18,381
6   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Oct, 2006 20 16,827
7   Texas Instruments Inc. 3 TXN Sep, 2006 32.5 16,442
8   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jan, 2007 30 15,950
9   AMR Corporation 4 AMR Sep, 2006 20 14,724
10   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Sep, 2006 72 13,993

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   09/11/2006 - 09/15/2006
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Sep, 2006 80 97,599
2   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Sep, 2006 75 37,184
3   Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund 10 XLF Oct, 2006 33 24,250
4   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Sep, 2006 68 23,643
5   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Sep, 2006 70 19,988
6   Apple Computer, Inc. 6 QAA Sep, 2006 70 18,076
7   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Sep, 2006 70 17,623
8   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Sep, 2006 71 17,202
9   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Sep, 2006 73 16,620
10   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Oct, 2006 74 15,691
 


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