Process over prediction
We do not try to forecast where the market should go. We work from a repeatable process: read the book, wait for the traces of large orders, and act only when the process says so.
Order flow · Delaware, USA
GEMS4GENS INC.
We build trading education, a prop firm, and trading strategies from one underlying skill: reading the footprints that large orders leave in the book and the heatmap. GEMS4GENS INC. is a Delaware company behind the Iceberg brands.
Our brands: Iceberg Method, Iceberg Funding, and Iceberg Strategies.
- 30+ years in markets
- Official Bookmap Educator
- SPIEGEL bestselling author
The idea
The book shows the tip. The work is underneath.
Large players hide size by splitting a big order into small child orders — iceberg orders. The visible book shows only the tip.
We read the traces those orders leave in the order book and the heatmap. That reading sits behind the Iceberg Method, Iceberg Funding, and Iceberg Strategies.
Iceberg orders
A large order is broken into smaller child orders so the full size never sits in the book at once.
The tip
What you see at the bid or offer is only the visible slice. The rest stays hidden until it is replenished.
The traces
Those child orders leave footprints in the order book and the heatmap. That is what we read.
How we work
Four principles we do not drop.
The work is a process, not a prediction. These rules sit behind the Iceberg Method, Iceberg Funding, and Iceberg Strategies.
Protect the account first
Capital is the tool. Every approach starts with how much can be lost, not how much might be made. A drawdown is not an afterthought — it is part of the plan before a trade is taken.
Read what large orders leave behind
Large players hide size by splitting a big order into smaller child orders. The visible book shows only the tip. We read the footprints those orders leave in the order book and the heatmap.
Be precise, not impressive
We say what the work is and what it is not. Assessments run in a simulated environment. There is a substantial risk of loss and no guarantee of profit. In fast markets, stop orders can fill worse than a stated loss limit.
Three brands, one path
What we build at
GEMS4GENS INC.
Education, a prop firm, and strategy development. Same underlying work: reading the footprints of large orders.
01 — Method
Iceberg Method
Education and community
Order flow, VWAP, iceberg orders, and daily live trading. Iceberg Method is for traders who want to learn how to read the book and build a disciplined process — not a shortcut.
- Protect the account first.
- Plan for the drawdown.
- Don’t force trades.
02 — Funding
Iceberg Funding
Prop firm · a brand of GEMS4GENS INC.
Iceberg Funding is for traders who want a path to trading capital. Traders take assessments in a simulated environment. Assessments are provided by Prop Account, LLC, with FPFX Technology as tech partner.
There is a substantial risk of loss. No guarantee of profit. Funded trader agreements are with Prop Account.
03 — Strategies
Iceberg Strategies
Algo Detection
Iceberg Strategies is our strategy-development work — for partners and traders who want system-controlled execution, not a discretionary call. GEMS4GENS INC. develops trading strategies that read the algorithmic footprints of large orders. Robert is the Strategy Developer, working with a selected trader team.
Risk is system-controlled: entry, exit, and a fixed loss limit are set at entry and never widened. In fast markets, stops can fill worse than the limit.
Markets: index futures (mainly S&P 500), commodities, and currencies. Long and short — not tied to one market direction.
Founder
Robert Rother
Robert has been trading since 1995 — more than thirty years in the markets. In 2004 he moved to China and built a life in finance there.
Those years did not end the way they began. He was imprisoned in Dongguan, in southern China, and was released in December 2018. He told that story honestly in Drachenjahre, published by Edel Books in 2020. We do not soften it.
He is now an Official Bookmap Educator and the founder of the Iceberg brands — Iceberg Method, Iceberg Funding, and Iceberg Strategies — and Director of GEMS4GENS INC. He is the Strategy Developer behind Iceberg Strategies, working with a selected trader team.
“Protect the account first. Plan for the drawdown. Don’t force trades.”
30+ yearsIn the markets since 1995
Official Bookmap EducatorOrder flow
SPIEGEL bestselling authorDrachenjahre
Founder, Iceberg brandsMethod · Funding · Strategies
- 1995Starts trading
- 2004Moves to China
- 2018Returns
- 2020Drachenjahre (Edel Books)
- TodayIceberg Method, Iceberg Funding, Iceberg Strategies, GEMS4GENS INC.
Cover of the published edition.
The book
Drachenjahre
A SPIEGEL bestseller. German edition. Robert’s only official book.
In 2004 he went to China and built a life in finance there. Drachenjahre is his account of those years in Asia — including his imprisonment in Dongguan, in southern China, and his release in December 2018.
Published March 6, 2020 by Edel Books, an imprint of Edel Verlagsgruppe. 224 pages. ISBN 978-3-8419-0699-1. Official German subtitle: Wie ich 7 Jahre und 7 Monate im chinesischen Gefängnis überlebte.
English rights available — we’re looking for a U.S. publishing partner.
Talk about the book →Partnerships
Let’s work together.
We work with partners in trading and the prop firm, education, strategy development, publishing, and speaking or media.
That includes podcasts, conferences, and interviews. If you want to work with us or bring our work to a U.S. audience, write below.