Remote Funded Options Income Trader — Mesa, AZ
Mesa, AZ
Maverick Trading
Premium-selling strategies on US equities and ETFs. Defined-risk, income-focused.
MT-aligned with the US market open, part of the Phoenix metro's growth story, lower cost than central Phoenix.
An options income trader at Maverick generates cash flow by selling premium in a defined-risk framework. This is not naked option selling, and it is not a martingale strategy that blows up on a single bad week. The role is built for traders who think in terms of probability, expected value, and management rules over individual directional bets.
Trading from Mesa, AZ
Mesa is the third-largest city in Arizona and part of the broader Phoenix metro. Aerospace and defense (Boeing, Northrop) anchor the corporate base. Mountain Time alignment gives a 7:30am market open with a clean afternoon.
Local ecosystem: Boeing Mesa; ASU campus; defense corridor.
Time zone: MT — the NYSE opens at 7:30am local for traders based in Mesa.
What You'll Trade
Credit spreads on liquid US equities and ETFs, cash-secured puts on names the trader would be willing to own, and covered calls on equity positions held in the firm's book. Trades are sized based on max-loss, not premium collected. Underlyings must clear liquidity screens — wide bid-ask spreads are an automatic disqualifier.
Day-to-Day
- Morning: review existing positions for tested strikes, time decay status, and adjustment triggers
- Identify new entries off a probability-based screen (e.g., short delta range, IV rank thresholds)
- Execute trades with limit orders inside the spread, never market orders
- Manage in-the-money positions to mechanical rules — roll out, roll down, or close at a defined loss multiple
- Track expected value vs. actual P&L across hundreds of trades, not single weeks
Risk Profile
Premium-selling looks profitable until it isn't. Maverick's risk framework caps max loss per spread, total notional exposure, and beta-weighted portfolio delta. Tail-risk events (8 sigma moves) are anticipated, not denied — we expect a few rough months a year and size so they don't end careers.
Who Succeeds in This Role
- Traders who understand 'probability of profit' is not the same as 'expected return'
- People who can follow mechanical management rules without overriding them mid-trade
- Candidates with a quantitative mindset — comfortable thinking in distributions
- Traders who don't need every position to win to feel like the strategy is working
Why This Role Exists at Maverick
Premium-selling done right is one of the most consistent income strategies in markets — and one of the easiest to ruin with bad sizing. Maverick built this role around traders who already think in probabilities and want firm capital deployed against a strategy that pays steady cash flow when risk is managed. The 65–90% profit split applies to net P&L after the inevitable rough months.
Tools & Platform
Most options income traders here use ThinkOrSwim or Tastytrade for execution, plus the firm's risk dashboard for portfolio-level Greeks. Position sizing tools and an IV-rank scanner are provided.
Common Mistakes We See
The single most common career-ending mistake we see is doubling down on losers by rolling for credit without rolling for risk. Maverick's framework explicitly forbids it past a defined threshold.
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.