Commodity futures traders have a hole in their head. Commodity futures traders are as nutty as a fruitcake. That (near death experience) may not have been the cause .. but, just as I ... We became "certifiable" at one point in our lives. I threw my first trades on, at the age of eighteen .... Then, through counselling and extensive rehabilitation ... I didn't go off the deep end, again, until I hit twenty-four.