Nootropics
Nootropics are drugs that bolster cognition, lucidity, memory, mood, oxygen and glucose utilization, blood circulation in the brain, or a combination of these or other factors. The only nootropic I use while trading is caffeine, but I am going to try Ritalin. I will let you know how it goes.
I also take a daily multivitamin that contains some vitamins and nutrients which exhibit nootropic effects.
Nicotine is a nootropic - do any of you smokers think it helps you to trade?
Wikipedia has a nice list of nootropics.
I believe this will become a serious topic for traders in the near future.
nicotene helps with everything. i find it very hard to believe that you'd actually take ritalin. recreationally, i've taken 5 pills (on seperate occasions, don't remember the dosage) of the ol' adhd slasher and was amazed by what it did. also scared. my ability to focus was more than quadrupled, even thirtyeightupled. i'd love to have such focus all the time, but ritalin doesn't train one to have it on your own but rather seduces into needing the drug in order to get it. unless you're ok with becoming a junkie on wall st, i'd recommend meditation or puzzles or something else to tone up your brain. of course i'm just a scatter-brained maniac wading through the murk and swirls in my own head. but at the same time, i'm kinda curious what you'd think of it...