Remote Funded Small-Cap Equity Trader — San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA
Maverick Trading
US small-cap and micro-cap equity trading. Higher volatility, tighter risk.
PT-aligned with US markets, done by 1pm, and the rest of the day in one of the country's best cities.
A small-cap equity trader at Maverick focuses on US small-cap names — typically the IWM constituent range and a curated watchlist of liquid micro-caps. The strategy capitalizes on the inefficiencies, volatility, and momentum characteristics that disappear in mega-cap names. The role requires both opportunism on momentum and rigorous risk control because losses compound fast at this end of the market.
Trading from San Diego, CA
San Diego has a smaller financial industry than LA or San Francisco but compensates with a strong biotech/pharma cluster, a thriving tech sector around Sorrento Valley, and one of the most attractive lifestyle profiles in the country. Pacific Time means a 6:30am market open and an early-afternoon close — many of our San Diego traders explicitly chose the city for that rhythm.
Local ecosystem: UC San Diego, USD; major biotech corridor.
Time zone: PT — the NYSE opens at 6:30am local for traders based in San Diego.
What You'll Trade
US small-cap equities meeting minimum liquidity thresholds (average daily volume, dollar volume, bid-ask spread). Trades skew toward momentum continuation, breakouts from base structures, and post-earnings drift. We avoid hard-to-borrow names for short positions unless approved, and we exclude penny stocks under $5 entirely.
Day-to-Day
- Pre-market scans for small-cap movers — earnings reactions, sector momentum, catalyst-driven names
- Open: take or pass on opening drives based on defined setups, not impulse
- Mid-session: manage positions with awareness that small-cap liquidity disappears in volatile moves
- End of day: review the watchlist for setups developing for the next session
Risk Profile
Small-caps move 2–5x the volatility of large-caps; losses can run faster than stops execute. Maverick traders in this role are sized smaller per position than equivalent large-cap traders, use mental stops alongside hard stops to avoid stop-runs in thin names, and accept that some days the best trade is no trade.
Who Succeeds in This Role
- Traders who already trade small-caps and know the liquidity traps firsthand
- People who can cut losses without anchoring to the entry price
- Candidates who scan their own universe and don't rely on chat-room calls
- Traders comfortable with the higher emotional intensity of higher-volatility positions
Why This Role Exists at Maverick
Small-caps remain inefficient because institutional capital can't deploy size into them. Maverick funds traders who have the temperament and discipline to harvest that inefficiency without being destroyed by it.
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.