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Highlights the performance of option market traders and portfolio managers in New York City, New York on September 11, 2000. Trading activity of Worldcom Inc.; Performance of Viant Corp.; Information on the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index.

Presents update on the options market in New York as of August 23, 2000. Trading status of Citigroup Inc. and Chase Manhattan Corp.; Rate of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index.

Presents an update on the options market as of August 9, 2000. Impact of the earnings reports from Cisco Systems Inc., Applied Materials Inc. and Dell Computer Corp.

Looks at the performance of the options market in New York City on July 24, 2000. Attitude of traders; Approach taken by traders; Stock market performance of AT&T Corp.

Reports the status of the profit of Wachovia Bank in the options market of New York as of June 19, 2000. Impact of its status to the shares of fund managers in some banks; Effort made by traders and fund managers in case the profit of Wachovia would decline.

Focuses on the options market in New York state as of June 9, 2000. Information on the decline in the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index; Implications of the analysis of Value Line company on the stock market; Other issues on options market.

Reports the opening of the International Security Exchange (ISE) on May 26, 2000 in New York. Background of ISE.

Focuses on the stock options trading on January 31, 1999 in New York City, New York. Concern about the Federal Open Market Committee's plan to raise long-term interest rates; Status of the stock options of Chase Manhattan Bank and Compaq Computer.

Focuses on the stock earnings of Microsoft Corp. as of January 2000. Primary concern of option traders in New York City, New York; Comments from some analysts; Number of contracts traded at different stocks exchange centers.

Reports that some traders in New York use a classic strategy to profit from perceived movements in stocks without committing too much money or assuming too much risk. Corporate stocks on which the strategy is evident; Comments from some strategists; Information on the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index.

States that options trading in New York indicated the stock market could trade lower when it reopened on September 8, 1998. Details on volatility in the market; Increase in the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index; Comments from Matthew Glantz, an options trader at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange; Concerns of traders in the options market.

Focuses on the decline in options prices in New York for most of September 2, 1998. Type of money managers and traders the decline attracted; Performance of the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index, or Vix; In-depth look at the options market.

Focuses on the increase in the pessimism about the stock market's future in the options market in New York, as indicators that assess the fear of traders and money managers surpassed record levels. Decline in stock prices on August 31, 1998; What was suggested about blue-chip bank stocks; Comments from Michael Schwartz, CIBC Oppenheimer's chief options strategist; How the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index (Vix), ended.

Reports on options market trading in New York for August 25, 1998, which focused on the technology sector. Details on traders bid for Compaq Computer Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp.; What the focus on the technology sector reflects; Factors relating to other transactions in the options market.

Focuses on the move of traders in New York to increase their activity in technology stocks options on August 18, 1998, while reducing the use of defensive put options. Names of technology stocks that traded actively; Decline in the August 115 call, the move actively traded Dell Computer Corp. option; Statistics on how the other stock options traded.

States that on August 17, 1998, options trading was affected by fear of a continued stock-market decline and the anticipation of the August 21, 1998 expiration of August options contracts. Number of index put options money managers and traders were buying for every call option that traded; How the index option put/call ratio closed; Comments from Michael Schwartz, CIBC Oppenheimer's chief options strategist; In-depth look at the options market in New York.

Presents information on the performance of small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks in New York on August 17, 1998. What affected the prices of these stocks; Details on the increases in market averages; Comments from Ed Nicoski, Piper Jaffray Incorporated's market strategist; Increase in the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Russell 2000 index of small-capitalization stocks; Number of points gained by the Nasdaq computer index; Statistics on the stocks.

States that technology stock options in New York provided a haven for a second session for traders and money managers who are nervous about the stock market, and do not want to pay up to hedge their portfolios with protective put options. What professional traders are doing in the disk-drive sector; Identification of some of the stocks; Statistics on the stocks' performance.

Reports that Knight/Trimark Group agreed to acquire stocks in Arbitrade Holdings LLC. Amount of the acquisition; Status of the shares of Knight in Nasdaq Stock Market; Effect of the acquisition to the options market in New York.

Provides updates on the options market in New York City, New York as of October 5, 1999. Impact of the United States Federal Open Market Committee's meeting on interest rates; Decline in the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index; Influence of the takeover bid of telecommunication companies for Sprint Corp.

Details the concern of option traders in New York about stocks and interest rates. Possibility that the Federal Open Market Committee would raise interest rates; Comments from Jay Shartsis, director of options trading at R.F. Lafferty & Co.; Performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 index.

Looks at the performance of options market on the New York Stock Exchange on August 6, 1999. Factors that influenced the performance of the options market; Posted indexes on the Chicago Board Options Exchange; Comments from Michael Schwartz, CIBC Oppenheimer's chief options strategist.

Looks at the performance of the options market in New York City, New York as of July 1999. Concerns about weakness in Argentina's economy; Views on the options market; Percentage gains in the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index.

Looks at the performance of the options market in New York City, New York. Increase in the volatility index; Comments from Paul Foster, options strategist for 1010WallStreet.com.

Looks at the performance of the options market in New York City, New York as of May 21, 1999. Factors that influenced the market performance; Decline in the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index.

Looks at the performance of options market in New York City, New York as of May 6, 1999. Overview of the Standard & Poor's 100 index; Data figures from the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index; Comments from Kyle Rosen, a hedge-fund manager.

Looks at the market performance of technology stocks in New York City, New York. Stock trading figures; Market performance of corporations.

Looks at the performance of the options market in New York City, New York on April 8, 1999. Posted gains of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index; Market performance of Union Carbide Corp.; Reaction from money managers.

Reports that the options market in New York City, New York is having a blue-light special sale on calls and puts. Decline in the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index; Strategic move made by market makers and specialists.

Focuses on the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in New York as of March 11, 1999. Reaction of options traders as the industrial average gravitate toward 10000; Performance of the Market Volatility Index of the Chicago Board Options Exchange; Call options on oil and financial stocks; Standard & Poor's 500 index.

Cites the lawsuit filed by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the Supreme Court of the County of New York against the American Stock Exchange to stop its proposal to use the ticker symbol `Q' for its Nasdaq-100 Shares. Agreement between United States exchanges to reserve symbols for listed firms or prospective firms; Use of single-letter ticker symbols to denote stocks that trade on the NYSE.

Looks at the performance of options-market in New York City, New York in February 1999. Action taken by traders; Comments from traders; Overview of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index.

Reports on the expensive option prices in the option market in New York on January 28, 1999. Remarks from Kevin Murphy of Salomon Smith Barney; Reason for the increase in option prices; Why traders bought call options instead of stocks.

Looks at the status of options trading in New York City, New York on December 15, 1998. Percentage drop in the Market Volatility Index; Trading activities of companies; Comments from market analysts.

Reports on the move of options traders in New York State to technology stocks to avoid broad market decline. Options on stocks that were in demand; Portfolio changes that money managers are dealing with; Performance of Boeing; Stocks of Compaq Computer; Status of option markets.

Reports that traders in New York City used index options on November 20, 1998 to engage in a high-risk wager on the stock market's closing level. Details on the expiration of the November options; Strategies by traders who were not certain of the market direction.

Presents information on small-capitalization stocks in New York, in light of their impact on the stock market. Recorded earnings of some companies; What was cited for the loss or profitability of companies; Business interest of companies mentioned.

States that small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks received high gains on the stock market in New York on July 24, 1997. Concerns on Microsoft's earnings; Outcome of various technology stocks; Comments from Bon Rack, Investment Research Institute research director.

Presents information on the performance of small capitalization and Nasdaq Stocks in New York, N.Y., emphasizing stock performance at Benchmarq Microelectronics and PRI Automation. Factors which contributed to the performance of stocks; Status of the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Russell 2000 Index of small-cap issues.

Presents information on the performance of small capitalization and Nasdaq stocks in New York, N.Y. Status of the Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks; Performance of stocks at Intel, Microsoft and Cisco; Names of companies that recorded stock declines; Factors which contributed to the decline.

Reports that the technology sector in the New York stock exchange, led small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks higher, for April 22, 1997. Information on Intel and Microsoft companies stock's performance; Performance of the Nasdaq market; Other market performances.

Presents information on an increase in small capitalization stocks in New York, N.Y., on March 10, 1997. Factors which contributed to the increase; Performance of financial issues; Status of the Nasdaq Composite Index; Rating of shares at Greenswich Air Services' Class B shares; Performance of shares at Integra Lifesciences, CV Therapeutics and Veeco Instruments.

Reports on the performance of Nasdaq stocks in New York, N.Y. Statistics on the Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks; Performance of stock at Storm Technology, Global Village Communications and other companies.

Reports on the performance of small-capitalization and Nasdaq stocks in New York, N.Y. Statistics on the Russell 2000 index and the Nasdaq Composite index; Performance of stocks at Integrated Medical Barefoot and InterVoice; Details on other companies' stocks.

Reports on the performance of Nasdaq stocks in New York, N.Y. Statistics on an increase of the Nasdaq Composite Index; Statistics on the Russell 2000 Index; Performance of stocks at Premiere Technologies; Riscorp A; Transworld Home Healthcare; SFX Broadcasting; Builders Transport; PictureTel; Saf T Lok; Nashville Country Club; Intelida Technologies.

Reports on the performance of the options market in New York, on July 27, 1998. Reference to the activity of the stock market; Comments from Paul Foster, options strategist at 1010WallStreet.com, an options trading advisory service; Effect of the merger negotiations between Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Company, on their call options; Details on the options of Bergen Brunswig Corp.

Focuses on the performance of the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Market Volatility Index on July 22, 1998, indicating a short-term sell signal. Implications of the sell signal; What was used by options traders to capture movement in stocks of established companies like Microsoft Corporation; Details on other issues in the options market in New York.

Reports on the performance of Hambrecht and Quist Group Incorporated on New York's stock option market following speculations on the company's acquisition by San Francisco, California-based Credit Suisse First Boston investment bank, as published on July 1, 1998. Indication that some hedge funds purchase call options early; Number of options which traded as Hambrecht and Quist's stock increased; Performance of other companies on the option market.

Reports on the interest of options traders to Internet companies, in New York, on June 18, 1998. Reference to companies including Yahoo! Incorporated and Excite Incorporated; Impact of the terms of the agreement between Walt Disney Company and Infoseek on the approach of traders; Details on Internet stock options; Caution of companies interested in Internet companies; Influence of high stock valuations on the cost of Internet options.

Focuses on the risk associated with investing in options traders in New York. Receipt of half the profit of traders by investors; Evidence of entrepreneurs in the options market; Cost of investing in an options trader; Details on the expenses incurred by options traders to commence options trading; Discussion on investing in options traders.