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October 09, 2006 - October 13, 2006

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   10/02/2006 - 10/06/2006
 Date Index
10/6/2006 110
10/5/2006 107
10/4/2006 113
10/3/2006 124
10/2/2006 123

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
10-09-06 none
10-10-0610:00
 Wholesale Inventories
 August
10-11-062:00
 Minutes of the FOMC Meeting
 Sept.
10-12-062:00
8:30
8:30
 Federal Reserve Beige Book Report
Balance of Trade Report
Initial Jobless Claims
 Sept.
August
Latest week.
10-13-068:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
10:00
 Import Prices
Import Prices - excluding energy
Export Prices
Export Prices - excluding agriculture
Retail Sales
Retail Prices - excluding automobiles
Business Inventories
 Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
August

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
10/9/2006NAT
10/10/2006AA
10/10/2006AMD
10/10/2006ATYT
10/10/2006INFY
10/10/2006NFLD
10/10/2006SVU
10/10/2006DNA
10/11/2006APOL
10/11/2006FAST
10/11/2006HOG
10/11/2006MON
10/11/2006YUM
10/11/2006GCI
10/11/2006LRCX
10/11/2006RI
10/12/2006MTG
10/12/2006PEP
10/12/2006PII
10/12/2006GENZ
10/12/2006SWY
10/12/2006COST
10/13/2006ENZ
10/13/2006SGR
10/13/2006GE

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event
10/9/2006 Columbus Day Holiday. Bond market is closed. Equity and options markets are open.

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU 11,850.21 11,617.47 11,419.25 11,159.37
S&P; 500 Index SPX 1,349.60 1,326.48 1,304.68 1,284.89
S&P; 500 Index Futures SP1601 1,345.40 1,323.48 1,301.57 1,287.86
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,684.88 1,639.14 1,581.24 1,626.58
S&P; 100 Index OEX 627.54 614.59 603.35 587.65

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   10/02/2006 - 10/06/2006
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Oct, 2006 30 25,012
2   General Motors Corp. 9 GM Oct, 2006 32.5 24,043
3   eBay, Inc. 4 XBA Oct, 2006 30 18,936
4   Altria Group Inc. 1 MO Nov, 2006 80 16,825
5   E.I. Du Pont de Nemours 2 DD Jan, 2007 47.5 15,901
6   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Oct, 2006 74 12,415
7   Yahoo!, Inc. 8 YHQ Jan, 2007 30 10,822
8   CVS Corp. 9 CVS Oct, 2006 30 10,516
9   Time Warner Inc. 7 TWX Jan, 2007 20 10,127
10   Lucent Technologies Inc. 5 YXL Jan, 2008 5 10,000

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   10/02/2006 - 10/06/2006
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   General Motors Corp. 9 GM Oct, 2006 30 36,599
2   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Oct, 2006 71 30,314
3   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 IOW Oct, 2006 72 26,557
4   Pfizer Inc. 7 PFE Nov, 2006 27.5 25,749
5   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Oct, 2006 71 22,221
6   Sears Roebuck And Co. 3 S Nov, 2006 17.5 15,832
7   General Motors Corp. 9 GM Oct, 2006 32.5 15,553
8   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Jan, 2007 27 15,359
9   iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund 7 DIW Oct, 2006 71 14,174
10   Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund 10 XLE Oct, 2006 49 14,150
 


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