About: Robert Rother
Thirty Years. Still Trading.

I'm Robert Rother: more than 30 years in the markets. At times I traded dozens of funded accounts. Many accounts do not make the rules any less important — every challenge has its own contract and its own limits.
Fifteen years in Asia, a business with at times 156 million US dollars in client capital, and 2,770 days in prison: my story is not a straight line. I tell the restart in Drachenjahre, my only official book and a SPIEGEL bestseller.
I am an official Bookmap Educator. Through GEMS4GENS INC. I operate Iceberg Funding and the Iceberg Method community. Iceberg Strategies is a separate B2B offering as a strategy provider for asset managers.
Six stops from the publicly documented story — without invented dates or promises of success.
Origins
Ruhr region
I grew up in Germany’s Ruhr region. That is the start of my story, not a reason to recommend a purchase.
15 years in Asia
Asia and $156M
Shanghai and the business in Asia: at times 156 million US dollars in client capital. That is historical client capital, not today’s funding capital or a performance figure.
Prison
2,770 days
2,770 days in prison are part of the story told in public. A break in a résumé is not a marketing badge for trading.
SPIEGEL bestseller
Drachenjahre
My only official book tells this story and the restart.
Official educator
Bookmap
Explaining order flow and market mechanics. A professional role, not a promise of profit.
Founder and operator
Iceberg Funding
A brand of GEMS4GENS INC.; assessments by Prop Account, LLC. Simulated evaluations, separate from education and community.
Source for the story: icebergfunding.com/story. The stops are a biographical overview, not a complete dated chronicle.
The publicly documented story on icebergfunding.comWhat my story tells you — and what it does not
I have spent more than 30 years in the markets and at times traded dozens of funded accounts. That is experience, not a shortcut through your contract and not a guarantee of success. A large part of this site is therefore about rules, measurement points, and contractual roles rather than result screenshots.
Drachenjahre is my only official book and a SPIEGEL bestseller. It tells my story; it is neither a trading signal nor proof that a challenge is right for you. As an official Bookmap Educator I work with order flow — that does not become a personal trading recommendation here.
Today I operate Iceberg Funding as a brand of GEMS4GENS INC. The assessments are provided by Prop Account, LLC; they are simulated. Education and community are separate. A site run by the operator is not neutral. You should know who is speaking and who earns from a purchase.
Key facts
- Company
- GEMS4GENS INC.
- Address
- 8 The Green, Dover, DE 19901, USA
- info@gems4gens.com