Remote Funded ETF Trend Trader — Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC
Maverick Trading
Trend-following on US sector, broad-market, and thematic ETFs.
Second-largest banking city in the country — financial-services labor market, Eastern Time alignment, and a much lower cost basis than New York.
An ETF trend trader at Maverick runs systematic trend-following positions on US ETFs — broad market (SPY, QQQ, IWM), sector ETFs (XLF, XLE, XLK, XLV, etc.), and selective thematic ETFs. The strategy is rule-based, position sizes are calculated, and discretion is limited to a small number of decisions per week.
Trading from Charlotte, NC
Charlotte is the second-largest banking center in the US by deposits. Bank of America is headquartered here, Wells Fargo runs its East Coast operations from the city, and Truist (formerly BB&T/SunTrust) is built around the metro. The financial-services labor market is among the strongest in the Southeast, and Eastern Time alignment with the NYSE is clean.
Local ecosystem: Bank of America HQ; Wells Fargo East Coast operations; UNC Charlotte, Davidson, Wake Forest.
Time zone: ET — the NYSE opens at 9:30am local for traders based in Charlotte.
What You'll Trade
Liquid US-listed ETFs across broad market, sector, and thematic categories. Some traders extend into commodity ETFs (GLD, USO) and bond ETFs (TLT, IEF) for cross-asset trend exposure. We exclude leveraged and inverse ETFs from primary positions due to decay characteristics.
Day-to-Day
- End-of-day or end-of-week scans: identify ETFs meeting trend criteria (e.g., 50/200 MA cross, ATR-based breakouts)
- Calculate position sizes off volatility — not fixed dollar amounts; the strategy normalizes risk per trade
- Enter on confirmed signals at the next session open or on a defined intraday trigger
- Manage with trailing stops that widen with rising ATR; let winners run, cut losers fast
Risk Profile
Trend-following has long, frustrating drawdowns followed by strong runs. Maverick traders in this role are sized so that a typical drawdown is survivable across a calendar year, and the firm's risk framework caps both per-position and portfolio-level loss limits. The strategy works on a 3–5 year timeline, not a 3-month one.
Who Succeeds in This Role
- Traders who can sit through 6+ months of choppy, low-return conditions without abandoning the strategy
- People who think in expectancy and Sharpe, not in win rate
- Candidates who have backtested their own trend systems and understand what 'live' results look like
- Traders with patience — this is one of the slower-rhythm roles at the firm
Why This Role Exists at Maverick
Trend-following is one of the most studied and best-documented edges in markets. The retail problem is rarely the strategy — it's the discipline to follow it through drawdowns. Maverick funds traders who have already done the psychological work, with firm capital that lets them size properly.
What Maverick Offers
- Trade firm capital — no personal capital at risk
- 65%–90% profit split based on performance tier
- Performance-based capital scaling, no upper cap
- Professional training and mentorship from active traders
- Fully remote — trade from anywhere with reliable internet (US applicants)
- Monthly ACH payouts
- No challenge accounts, no evaluations, no monthly fees
About Maverick Trading
Maverick Trading is a proprietary trading firm founded in 1997. We allocate firm capital to disciplined traders and scale buying power based on performance. We are not a brokerage, we do not run challenge accounts, and we do not sell evaluations. We profit only when our traders profit.