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Markus Heitkoetter'
Early life and Education



Markus Heitkoetter- (born: ) Bestselling Author - Speaker - Stocks & Options Trader - Real Estate Investor - Founder of RockwellTrading.com. 11 years ago he was stuck in the corporate rat race, working for IBM. He was working 60-80 hours a week, thinking that he had "job security." - What an illusion from a workaholic individual!

To think, eleven years ago he was still living in Munich, Germany, in his corporate life wondering if he will ever be able to retire comfortably and to enjoy the things that really matter in life. And just now eleven short years later, he is now living right at Lake Travis in Austin, TX. As he is writing lines for his website, he is sitting on his deck overlooking the pool. It's December, but the temperature there is still in the upper 70s, and he is feeling the warm sun on his face. Behind the pool he see the sail boats gracefully gliding through the lake. His kids are 8 and 11 years old now, and they are playing with Riley, their border collie, that is the scene that you can see in his daily life nowadays. Spending more time with his family compare to his life before spending time on the corporate world and less time for his family.

Over the past 11 years he have been able to focus on day trading and achieve what many would call "The American Dream." He is now his own boss, and life feels so good for him.

But his journey hasn't been easy for him to get to that point. Trading in reality is tough, and it took him a while also to finally figure out what it REALLY takes to become a trader. Years ago, when he started day trading, he thought all he needed was a "profitable day trading strategy" - or a "day trading system with a proven track record" just like everybody else think, who want to enter trading. And at that time, he would also spend a lot of his money, time and effort just buying on day trading courses, strategies, systems, books and he just realized that they did NOT help him growing his trading account.

He also wasted a lot of his time and money during that period and he did not even realize, that the missing piece of the puzzle he was in was just right in front of him, hiding in plain sight! He was too busy during that time trying also to find "the good stuff" by attending webinars, seminars, reading eBooks and wasting countless hours on the Internet.

Do you know the feeling when we finally discover the solution to a problem that we have been battling with for so many years, and then we wonder why we didn't see it earlier? The "Duh" moment when everything finally comes together, the fog is lifted and we can now clearly see what we have done wrong? When he ask himself "how could he waste so many years?"

In the next few notes he want to tell us about the adventures of a trader - His adventures. He want to share with us the reason why he left the corporate world 10 years ago, moved 5,621 miles from Munich to Austin, TX just to become a trader, how he struggled in his journey and the important lessons he learned from these experiences, and how he finally "got it."

Rockwell Trading

The Story of Rockwell Trading

If you read Markus Heitkoetter story on his website, then you already know that he quit his day time job as a director at IBM in 2002 and moved to the United States to become a full time trader. And he had been very happy with that decision in his life.

He even answer this question saying so why would he be bother opening and running a business, if he could live off his trading? And he answer the question in a very simple manner. The answer is he believe in diversifying our income. If we have read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", then we know about the "Cash flow Quadrant" that he also discuss in his webpage. The basic idea to earn in this kind of business as what he said is to shift from active income to passive income. As he always said that trading is VERY active income. If we don't trade, we don't make any money! So in addition, aside from the income that he got from his trading, he have other sources of income: He is a partial owner of an oil tanker and also a container ship, he own several investment properties, and he have a couple of businesses, one of them being Rockwell Trading. Having multiple streams of income allow him to take an extended vacation without having to worry about active income. Such a business minded individual.

Rockwell Trading - How It All Started

After living in the US for a couple of years, his neighbors and also his friends noticed that he don't go into an office anymore and he spent a lot of time with his family. So they asked him what he did for a living, so he invited them into his home office and showed them what he is doing to earn a living. They were all fascinated! They loved his simple, yet very structured approach to day trading. News about his trading spread fast, his friends and neighbors told their friends also about it, and more and more people started asking him to show them how did he do his day trade. He was torn: he wanted to help them all, show them how he trade so that they could live also the lifestyle they wanted, but he spent more time teaching them than his day trading - and his trading started to suffer.

With the help of his brother and his best friend, he created a website to share his knowledge. They were thinking about a name, and his sister-in-law came up with the name "Rockwell Trading." In February 2005, Rockwell Trading was founded and they published several day trading strategies. They were overwhelmed by the success: In just a few months they had become the biggest partner for Strategy Runner. Hundreds of traders were using Rockwell Day Trading strategies. And in early 2006, an independent company, tracking more than 1,500 trading strategies, ranked Rockwell Trading's strategies for many months in the Top Ten for "Best Futures Trading Strategies."

Their website received thousands of hits and emails were pouring in. They weren't expecting that level of demand and he have to put a team together to help him - quickly. But it was important to him that the Rockwell Trading team does what he committed to doing: Helping traders to achieve their trading goals in a systematic way and change their lives! He wanted to make sure that every trader who comes to them gets exactly the same quality of day trading education that he gave his neighbours and his friends when they were sitting next to him in his home office.

Before bringing anybody on board of Rockwell Trading they had to know and be fully committed to his goal and vision.

Vision And Goal

The goal of his Rockwell Trading is to help traders like us to achieve our trading goals, so that we, too, can live the lifestyle we want, afford to buy the things we want to have, be more relaxed and have more time for the things we enjoy doing, and that are important to us.

So over the years he have developed a systematic step-by-step approach that takes us from where we are today, to where we want to be. Here at Rockwell trading we will find proven day trading strategies, solid risk and money management techniques, as well as easy to use tools and techniques to control our emotions and trade with confidence and consistency.

He hope that the materials on his website will help us to achieve our trading goals!

All the best in our trading journey.

Personal life

He is a devoted father, Markus loves spending time with his children. He take his son to sailing regattas around the United States and attending his daughter’s dance recitals. His daughter sometimes travels with him to see the world while Markus is speaking on stage.

Books

1. “Simple Trading   Ebook”

If you need a day trading strategy, then you should take a look at "The Simple Strategy."

2. “The Complete Guide to Day Trading Ebook”



Easy To Understand Blueprint Helps Beginner Investors Day Trade...

Take Control of Your Financial Future with The Complete Guide to Day Trading​

3. “The PowerX Strategy”

THE perfect strategy for stocks, options and even cryptocurrencies…



Inside The PowerX Strategy book and DVD you'll learn how to: Implement The PowerX Strategy to find the best stocks, limit risk and increase profits Avoid devastating losses using Heitkoetter’s proven strategy Take control of your financial future in as little as 15 minutes a day

Investment philosophy

There’s only 3 ways to get rich: Trading Stocks and Options with a proven plan Investing in Real Estate Running a successful business

(Well, to be fair, there’s a few other ways to get rich, but since I’m not as cute as Kim Kardashian, I stick to the 3 ways I mentioned above) I personally do all three: I trade stocks and options... I own several rental homes and two apartment complexes here in Austin (show picture) ... And I’m running a successful business And even though all three are making me money, I like trading stocks and options best, and here’s why: … you don’t have any employees, … you don’t have to deal with vendors, … you don’t have any boring meetings (although the meetings at Rockwell Trading are fun!) … you don’t have deadlines that you need to meet … you don’t have to deal with leaking water heaters or AC units that go out … you don’t have to deal with HOA or city ordinances … you don’t have to deal with non-paying renters and evictions … and the list goes on. If you run a business or have rental properties, you know what I’m talking about, don’t you? On the other hand, when I’m trading, I’m just looking at my charts, make my trading decisions and I’m done. These days I only spend 10-15 minutes per day looking for the best opportunities and managing my positions - that’s it! And yes, it’s fun to check my positions on my phone throughout the day, but there’s nothing I need to do. At the end of the day I check where the markets closed, and then I make my decision for the next day. Easy enough, isn’t it? Would you like us to walk you through EXACTLY how I do it LIVE? We're coming out from behind our computers to show a few traders near you exactly how its done...for free! So come out and see us, but seats are limited!