The idea seems nice, I suppose, but I think you'll find that there is a lot of competition around here that you'll struggle to beat. Getting your faucet up and running (with a large balance) is going to have to be your main priority, as it'll be the best way to draw people. Quality articles are good as well, but right now your goal should be to get as many people on your website as you can.
But I don't mean to abandon your articles; I can see that you have a relatively small number (when compared to other blogs) of articles, so you might want to write some more up as well (for those binge readers, and the Googlers).
Basically, you're going to have to work hard and nonstop for a couple months before you see any substantial growth. The announcement of the faucet will send your traffic to the sky, but if you don't find a way to get them interested in your articles and other content, all you'll do is lose your faucet balance.
Good luck. As a realist, you're going to need it.
I really appreciate your honest feedback. I agree 100%. My idea right in the beginning was to get lots of visitors by having a faucet, and hopefully they would be interested and click on a few other things on the site. But then I struggled to get a faucet going, I hired people from fiverr / odesk and they ended up not having a clue and I wasted lots of time and money. Then I started writing a few articles, etc. Bottomline. I now have the trader faucet game which is in Beta testing and once finished, I will promote it. Hopefully by then I will have a few more articles!
