FXStreet’s social network, ForexStreet.net, gains traction and crossed the 3500 member line and is expected to cross the 100,000 page views mark in May. This rise will likely impact the popularity of other networks, and shows the interest for such interaction in the industry.
ForexStreet.net’s forums are becoming more active, and the site also leverages its senior writers, who contribute to the blogs section of the social network. This rising popularity is justified in my opinion. In the review of ForexStreet.net I favored the design and intuitive flow. 
Anyway, for more details about these milestones, here is the full press release:
Forex and Social network: ForexStreet.net gathers more than 3,500 members
Barcelona — May 18, 2011 — FXstreet.com is proud to announce that its social network already has more than 3,500 members. Among the frequent users, the network also counts with the participation of some of FXstreet.com contributors and bloggers, like Wayne McDonell, James Chen or Dr S. Sivaraman.
ForexStreet.net includes personal pages, groups of discussions, forums, an online chat, videos and blogs. It’s an open place for all the currency traders to share and stay connected with the rest of the community of the biggest financial market in the world.
The network is integrated to the major social networks. Users can share content from ForexStreet.net to Facebook, Twitter and others and also log in with several providers such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Twitter.
In the words of Francesc Riverola, CEO of FXstreet.com, “one of the main goals of the company in 2011 is to improve and increase our presence in the social media world. With ForexStreet.net we are building a place where all the Forex traders can interact, create content and debate about the currency market in real-time and with a complete transparency.”
The activity in the network is elevated and the traffic has been growing along the months since its launching one year ago. In April 2011, the site as a whole received 10,585 Absolute Unique Visitors and 66,509 pageviews. The month of May is being promising as it should bring around 130,000 pageviews, a prevision based on the first two weeks of the month. The objective is to reach 8,000 members by the end of the year.