1. A system for processing message traffic in a plurality of electronic discussion forums, comprising: a computer-implemented message collector for collecting messages from the plurality of electronic discussion forums; a computer-implemented message processor for processing the messages according to a series of topics, wherein the message processor processes a message to compute a relevance of the message to at least one topic from the series of topics; a computer-implemented data analyzer for tracking a plurality of pseudonyms posting in the plurality of electronic discussion forums based on the processing of the messages, wherein the data analyzer is adapted to receive market data describing market events related to the series of topics; and a computer-implemented report generator for generating a report displaying, at least in part, information associated with output from the data analyzer.