Markus Heitkoetter

As CEO at Rockwell Trading, Inc., Markus has taught hundreds of investors in the U.S. and European markets. Markus started trading 19 years ago, using point and figure charts from published numbers in the morning newspaper, mainly with stocks. In 1996, he began developing a number of trading systems by using SuperCharts (which is now TradeStation), MetaStock, OmniTrader and other software. In 2002, Markus decided to quit his regular day job as a director at IBM and become a professional trader. He moved from Germany to the United States to get started.

Throughout his career, Markus has traded EVERYTHING: stocks, options, futures, commodities, spreads, Forex, foreign markets, interest rates, etc. If it’s out there, he’s probably traded it. In addition, he’s traded on a wide variety of different timeframes: ticks, 1-, 3-, and 5-minute, hourly, daily, and weekly.

In the past 5 years, Markus has taught his strategies and methods to hundreds of traders all over the world, offering educational webinars for the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange), Eurex, FxStreet, Strategy Runner, and other financial companies. He’s written articles on over 500 websites, and he’s become an expert contributor on ezinearticles.com, Yahoo Answers, and FAQTs.com. Markus holds the German equivalent to an MBA in Business Administration and Computer Science.

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Facebook and Twitter - Fun Things To Do While Waiting For The Next Trade - Part 1 Posted 12-29-2008 at 09:17 PM by RockwellTrading.com Submitted by Markus on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 17:22. Yes, you are in the right place: This IS a day trading blog. But since there's not much going on in the markets around the Holidays, I thought I'd share some fun stuff with you. Believe me, using Twitter and Facebook IS fun and it gives you something to do while waiting for the next trade. I am still pretty new to all this "social media networking" thing, since until recently I thought "I am too old for this stuff". But now I am getting the hang on it and it's a lot of fun. If you're not doing it, you're definitely missing out. In this blog entry I want to show you how to use Twitter, and in the next blog entry I'll... Continue reading... RockwellTrading.com Special Guest Trader

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	Are You A Trader? - Here's How To Find Out Posted 12-23-2008 at 09:00 PM by RockwellTrading.com In last week's Weekly Wrap Up Session, that we conduct every week for our Day Trading Students, our Head Coach Mark Hodge presented "10 Hints To Find Out If You Are A Trader". Take a look at this video: ... Continue reading... RockwellTrading.com Special Guest Trader
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What's The Deal With "Hypothetical Results?" Posted 12-18-2008 at 03:30 PM by RockwellTrading.com Submitted by Markus on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 23:37. This morning I received an email with a very good question: I recently read about your Simple Day Trading Strategy and checked out your Live Trading Room. When posting the results of the trading room you talk about "Hypothetical Results". Does it mean that the strategy doesn't work in real time?- Brad Here's my answer: Published results should always be marked as hypothetical, even if they have been achieved in real live trading. Here's why: It is impossible to predict the slippage when using stop or market orders. Two traders, let's say YOU and John, place an order at the same time, and John might experience 1 tick ... Continue reading... RockwellTrading.com Special Guest Trader

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Who Can I Trust? - Five Tips To Find RELIABLE Help Posted 12-08-2008 at 10:40 PM by RockwellTrading.com Submitted by Markus on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 17:52. You have a problem: You know that you need help if you want to make it as a day trader. You need a solid day trading strategy, sound money management principles, tips on what markets you should trade, what trading software you should use, which broker to pick and much more. So where to start? You might decide to Google your search term, but soon you realize that Google is not really a big help: 3,510,000 search results for trading strategy. 39,100,000 search results for money management. 4,070,000 search results for trading software. 850,000 search results for futures trading broker. ... and the list goes on And according to... Continue reading... RockwellTrading.com Special Guest Trader

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