Tampa Bay, FL, March 5, 2010 – TraderPlanet.com, an interactive social networking site for active traders and investors, announced it has again partnered with SFO magazine for the 2010 STAR Awards.

TraderPlanet.com continues to rise in popularity since its launch in January 2009, attracting over 35,000 members and nearly 300 contributors to its free trading-education and multi-media rich site that offers daily market commentaries, articles, tutorials, and educational videos.

SFO Founder and Publisher Russell R. Wasendorf, Sr.  said, “This partnership with TraderPlanet.com on the annual STAR Awards fits with our strategy of recognizing top trading talent in futures and forex who are developing performance track records. SFO magazine is proud to be a sponsor of the 2010 STAR Awards and to help heighten attention on the successes of these nominees.”

“Our accomplishments with the 2009 STAR Awards cycle has inspired some terrific ideas for how we’ll manage the program going forward,” said TraderPlanet.com Founder and President Lane J. Mendelsohn. “With SFO magazine’s support and comprehensive reach within the financial industry, we will be working closely with them to identify the best and the brightest in our industry that have developed new strategies, practices, trading platforms, and content that helps our members gain a competitive advantage when trading the markets.  I am extremely excited about this year’s TraderPlanet STAR Award program!”

Nominations for the 2010 STAR Awards are now being accepted and may be submitted at: http://www.traderplanet.com/star/nominate.

About TraderPlanet.com

www.TraderPlanet.com, a Tampa Bay, FL-based social-networking site, provides individual traders of all skill levels a one-stop destination for financial information and trading tools. TraderPlanet.com is the only financial networking site of its kind that offers its members a full suite of market data feeds, advanced technical tools and extensive analyst commentary across asset classes, while enabling members to give back to the broader world community through gift giving to charitable causes. Designed to level the playing field between institutional and individual investors, TraderPlanet.com's interactive, multimedia-platform is designed to promote the free-flow exchange of ideas through questions, answers, and comments geared towards improving trading strategies and investment performance. For more information, please visit www.TraderPlanet.com.

About SFO Magazine

SFO, the Official Advocate for the Personal Investor, is dedicated to providing individual, retail traders with information, education and analysis that they can use to become more successful and more profitable. In an all-digital format, the magazine offers an interactive, more fully rounded learning experience.

For more information, please visit www.traderplanet.com/profile/SFOMag

Media Contacts

Kara Crawford
TraderPlanet.com, LLC
(813) 973-3456
Kara@TraderPlanet.com

Heather Larson-Blakestad, Executive Editor
SFO Magazine

Cedar Falls, IA50613
319.553.2129 • 319.266.1695
faxhlarson-blakestad@sfomag.com