Remote Funded Breakout Equity Trader

What You'll Trade

US equities meeting liquidity and structure criteria — typically mid-cap and large-cap names with clean weekly base patterns. We avoid breakouts in the lowest-quality names where false breaks dominate. ETFs (sector and broad-market) for thematic breakout trades.

Day-to-Day

• End-of-day scans for setups approaching defined trigger levels
• Pre-market: build the day's watchlist of potential trigger candidates
• Intraday: take confirmed triggers per the playbook; pass on failed triggers without revisiting
• Manage open positions with trailing stops; cut failed breakouts (closing back inside the base) immediately

Risk Profile

Breakout trading loses worst in choppy, range-bound markets where most setups fail. Maverick traders are sized small per individual trigger and rely on hit rate × win-loss ratio to deliver expectancy across hundreds of trades, not on any single position.

Who Succeeds in This Role

• Traders patient enough to wait for the actual trigger rather than anticipating it
• People who can cut a failed breakout the same session it fails, without second-guessing
• Candidates with chart-pattern fluency — the visual language matters here
• Traders who track their own data: how many of your setups trigger, how many work, average winner versus average loser

Why This Role Exists at Maverick

Breakout trading has produced more career traders than almost any other equity strategy. Maverick funds it because the framework is well-understood and the risk is well-defined — the question is whether a given trader has the discipline to execute it through both the streaks and the slumps.

Open Locations

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