Remote Funded Energy Sector Momentum Trader — Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Beach, VA
Maverick Trading
Energy-sector specialist book — E&P, midstream, refiners, services.
ET-aligned, lower cost than DC or northern Virginia, and a strong remote-professional community.
An energy sector momentum trader at Maverick focuses on the US energy complex — exploration and production, midstream pipelines, refiners, and oilfield services. The sector is cyclical, commodity-driven, and politically sensitive, which makes it both volatile and tradeable for someone who understands the macro and capital-cycle dynamics behind it.
Trading from Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Beach is the largest city in the Hampton Roads metro, anchored by the Navy's major Atlantic Fleet base. The economy is built around defense and military operations, with a growing remote-professional community. Eastern Time alignment with the NYSE.
Local ecosystem: Naval Air Station Oceana; major Navy presence.
Time zone: ET — the NYSE opens at 9:30am local for traders based in Virginia Beach.
What You'll Trade
Large-cap integrated names (XOM, CVX) for option liquidity and stability, E&P names for leveraged exposure to crude moves, midstream MLPs and corporations for income-plus-momentum plays, and refiners for the crack-spread cycle. ETFs (XLE, XOP, OIH) for thematic exposure.
Day-to-Day
- Morning: review overnight crude and natural gas moves; check sector relative strength versus the S&P
- Track inventory data days (Tuesday API, Wednesday EIA) — these are the highest-volatility windows of the week
- Identify entries on commodity-driven moves: catalyst trades around inventory prints, technical setups on individual names
- Manage positions with awareness that geopolitical headlines move the sector outside market hours
Risk Profile
Energy carries commodity correlation risk, geopolitical headline risk, and overnight gap risk on weekend news. Maverick caps single-name exposure, total sector exposure, and requires hedging plans for positions held over major inventory or OPEC events.
Who Succeeds in This Role
- Traders who already follow crude, natural gas, and the OPEC calendar as part of their daily routine
- People with a macro mindset — energy moves on geopolitics as much as fundamentals
- Candidates with patience for cyclical positioning, not just short-term momentum
- Traders who can size for headline risk over weekends and holidays
Why This Role Exists at Maverick
Energy is one of the most cyclical sectors in US markets and one of the most tradeable when you understand the capital cycle. Maverick funds specialists here because the macro-fundamental linkage rewards expertise that doesn't translate from other sectors.
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.