Every single day the papers, cnn, etc have pictures of some retard on the floor with his head in his hands or his hands over his mouth. Where do they get all these?? Enough already! http://www.cnn.com/
LOL, I've oftetimes thought the same thing. The reality is, whoever is taking the photo is probably just catching these traders in awkward moments, like they're about the sneeze or yawning so they make a weird face and the camera catches it, and the media plays it up like they're about to commit suicide.
actually thats pretty dead on, I have a friend who works in the oil pit at the nymex and one day when oil was tanking they published a picture of everyone freaking out...he said nothing was happening in the market but someone in the pit had just farted and the whole place stunk haha.
there was once a story in a german magazine about a floor trader: Dirk Muller... http://www.focus.de/finanzen/boerse/aktien/aktienhaendler_did_18239.html notice the chart in the background comparing to his face! There's a rumour, that many traders use his face as in indicator for market sentiment