Remote Funded Energy Sector Momentum Trader — Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Maverick Trading
Energy-sector specialist book — E&P, midstream, refiners, services.
Trade the open from California, be done by lunch — the time zone trade is one of the cleanest in the country.
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 Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles is the second-largest financial center in the country by a number of measures — Capital Group, TCW, PIMCO, Oaktree, and dozens of independent funds are headquartered in the LA/Pasadena/Newport Beach corridor. Pacific Time means the market opens before most of LA wakes up; the trade-off is a clean afternoon free by 1pm. Many of our West Coast traders prefer this rhythm explicitly.
Local ecosystem: UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, Caltech, and a deep entertainment-finance ecosystem.
Time zone: PT — the NYSE opens at 6:30am local for traders based in Los Angeles.
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.