De Martini worked as a power trader for years before moving into a management position. We're starting to figure out that the demand for power keeps increasing while the supply stays about the same. Seems likely that energy isn't going to get cheaper any time soon. If that went right over your head, we'll try to summarize in cliches. When it rains it pours.
People are stupid.
The stock market stinks. Those last two haven't gained wide acceptance yet. He says that the good power trader will be able to read and react to both the financial and the psychological aspects of the market. And you have to take the prototypical power trip to a whole new level. When you see what kind of money these people make, you won't feel so sympathetic about their burnout rate.