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September 25, 2006 - September 29, 2006

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   09/18/2006 - 09/22/2006
 Date Index
9/22/2006 130
9/21/2006 107
9/20/2006 90
9/19/2006 113
9/18/2006 80

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
09-25-0610:00
10:00
 Consumer Confidence Index
Existing Home Sales
 Sept.
August
09-26-06 none
09-27-068:30
10:00
 Orders for Durable Goods
New Home Sales
 August
August
09-28-068:30
8:30
8:30
 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Final
GDP Chain Weighted Deflator - Final
Initial Jobless Claims
 2Q
2Q
Latest week.
09-29-068:30
8:30
 Personal Income
Personal Consumption
 August
August

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
9/25/2006JLG
9/25/2006WAG
9/26/2006JBL
9/26/2006PAYX
9/26/2006LEN
9/26/2006RHAT
9/28/2006ACN
9/28/2006MU
9/28/2006RIMM

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
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 11,508.10 11,448.31 11,262.32 11,113.98
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,314.80 1,308.91 1,287.19 1,281.08
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,325.90 1,313.23 1,292.01 1,285.76
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,622.37 1,598.15 1,544.06 1,628.03
S&P; 100 Index OEX 609.38 605.03 594.17 585.40

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   09/18/2006 - 09/22/2006
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Mar, 2007 95 26,438
2   Semiconductor HOLDRs 4 SMH Nov, 2006 35 25,231
3   Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund 10 XBT Nov, 2006 56 20,110
4   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Nov, 2006 22.5 20,053
5   Juniper Networks, Inc. 5 JUX Oct, 2006 16 13,621
6   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Nov, 2006 27.5 13,104
7   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Oct, 2006 20 12,899
8   Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2 BMY Nov, 2006 27.5 12,307
9   Elan Corporation, Plc ADR's 8 WTB Jan, 2008 30 10,925
10   Marvell Technologies Ltd. 10 UVM Oct, 2006 20 10,822

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   09/18/2006 - 09/22/2006
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Oct, 2006 72 47,968
2   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Oct, 2006 73 37,177
3   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Oct, 2006 73 28,948
4   General Electric Company 10 GE Jan, 2007 30 27,456
5   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Oct, 2006 70 20,986
6   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Oct, 2006 72 17,294
7   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Oct, 2006 71 16,749
8   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Oct, 2006 72 15,406
9   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ Oct, 2006 25 15,289
10   eBay, Inc. 4 QXB Oct, 2006 25 15,083
 


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