TraderPlanet.com Surpasses 10,000 Members, Achieves Multiple Content Benchmarks

Web site sets fast pace in first six months.

Tampa Bay, FL (PRWEB) June 18, 2009

http://www.TraderPlanet.com, a social networking site for active traders and investors, has reached the 10,000-member milestone less than six months since its official launch in January 2009.

The web site has been attracting more than 60 new members a day with content that includes:

•     8,149 blog posts
•     2,744 market commentary posts
•     415 videos
•     576 educational articles

TraderPlanet's impressive growth achievements follow a recent upgrade of the TraderPlanet v2.0 website, which has been redesigned for simplicity and consistency. Aggressive development to remain responsive to community feedback has attracted over 160 noteworthy contributors such as James Hyerczyk, Jim Wyckoff, Michael Carr with Dunn Warren Investment Advisors, Michael Covel and Dr. Van K. Tharp, writing for over 10,000 members who have signed up since its inception in early January.

In addition to becoming the premier social networking site for traders, http://www.TraderPlanet.com has also donated more than $80,000 in cash and products to various charities by participating as a corporate sponsor at worth while philanthropic events and fund-raisers on both local and national levels.

"The numbers speak for themselves, and we are extremely proud to have been able to reach these key goals, both in terms of what we offer and the number of people to whom we offer our content, in such a relatively short period of time," said Lane J. Mendelsohn, President and Founder of http://www.TraderPlanet.com, who has personally engineered and overseen each of these developments. "It is proof that, especially now, traders and investors want and need to be able to share information, ideas and trading experiences in an unbiased environment, and we are delighted to be able to provide a forum that enables them to do so."

About TraderPlanet.com:
http://www.TraderPlanet.com is a Tampa Bay, Fla.-based financial social networking site that provides individual traders and investors of all skill levels a one-stop destination for financial information and trading tools. TraderPlanet.com is the only financial social networking site that offers its members a full suite of market data feeds, advanced technical analysis tools and exclusive analyst commentary across asset classes, while enabling members to give back to the broader world community with gifts to charitable causes. Designed to level the playing field between institutional and individual traders, TraderPlanet.com's fully interactive, multi-media rich platform is designed to promote the free flow exchange of ideas through questions, answers and comments designed to improve trading strategies and investment performance.

For more information, please visit http://www.TraderPlanet.com.

Media Contact:
Beth Leri
Spring O'Brien & Co.
(212) 402-1676 ext. 208
bethl @ spring-obrien.com

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