trade the markets is john carter (and hubert senters) trade the markets is NOT trading markets, which is larry connors' organization. carter did some stuff for connors maybe 7 years ago? i think hubert senters might have as well. carter had a course titled something like "how i trade the dow".
Fee events are the way to go, but I would not go to all of them. There are a few people that are highly recommended, but after talking to people from their trading rooms, I found out that they are not making money, but see a positive future. Always positive feelings, but no profitable traders. Concerning your "good list" I'm not sure about Rothfield, but the others seem OK. I would add Chris Terry, Toni Hansen and Jackie Ann Patterson...and maybe Dan Gramza.
From a price standpoint, paying $200 to $300 to attend a fee-based presentation for 4 hours seems reasonable. Because typically a formal class runs about $800 to $1000 per day these days. Years ago I attended a "live trading" event (fee based) by Larry Williams. I was totally lost as how he really trades. Felt: money not well spent. Also years ago I attended one of Oliver Velez's free presentations. A few years later I bought one of his presentation DVDs which was taped during a fee event. I found the contents pretty much identical. In other words, for some presenters basically there is no difference on what they present between a fee-based and a free presentation. Well... To add... I would recommend presentations by Greg Kapra (Pristine). However... His son: Kurt "I am not gonna get in there" Kapra is a bit underwhelming.
It's funny you should say that, because a lot of people liked Greg's paid presentation eventhough he has a reputation of snake oil. I heard that you have to believe in candlesticks to attend his class though. I heard the other Pristine presentations suck and theyare only promotional lectures.