Remote Funded ETF Trend Trader — San Jose, CA
San Jose, CA
Maverick Trading
Trend-following on US sector, broad-market, and thematic ETFs.
Trade tech equities from the city that builds them — useful proximity to the companies that move the QQQ.
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 San Jose, CA
San Jose and the broader Silicon Valley host the largest concentration of technology talent in the world. For a trader specializing in tech equities, the proximity to product launches, customer conversations, and the engineers behind the names you trade is a real informational advantage. Pacific Time means a 6:30am market open.
Local ecosystem: Stanford, San Jose State, UC Berkeley nearby; HQs of Apple, Cisco, Adobe, Intel, NVIDIA, and most major US tech.
Time zone: PT — the NYSE opens at 6:30am local for traders based in San Jose.
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.