Remote Funded Vertical Spread Options Trader — San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
Maverick Trading
Defined-risk directional and neutral verticals on US equity options.
Central Time alignment, very low cost of living, and a strong financial-services labor market — a serious option for traders who want Texas without Austin or Dallas pricing.
A vertical spread options trader at Maverick uses debit and credit verticals as the primary expression of trade ideas — directional views via debit spreads, range-bound or income views via credit spreads. The strategy is simple by design: defined risk, defined reward, no naked short legs, and a clean structure to size and manage.
Trading from San Antonio, TX
San Antonio is anchored by USAA — one of the largest financial-services employers in the country — plus a growing cluster of insurance and asset-management operations. Central Time gives the metro clean alignment with US markets, and the cost of living is among the lowest of any major Texas city.
Local ecosystem: USAA headquarters; UTSA, Trinity University; growing tech-services sector.
Time zone: CT — the NYSE opens at 8:30am local for traders based in San Antonio.
What You'll Trade
Vertical spreads across single-name US equity options and index options. Debit spreads for directional trades on liquid mid- and large-caps. Credit spreads (bull put, bear call) for range and income views. We do not run unlimited-risk structures from this role.
Day-to-Day
- Morning: review existing positions, identify those approaching short-strike tests or profit targets
- Scan for new entries against a directional or neutral thesis — supported by chart, fundamentals, or both
- Execute spreads as a single order with limit pricing; never leg into a vertical
- Manage to mechanical rules: take profit at defined fraction of max gain, close at defined loss multiple
Risk Profile
Vertical spreads cap loss at the width of the spread minus the premium received (credit) or paid (debit). That defined-risk feature is the role's main attraction. Maverick still caps per-position notional, total open vertical risk, and correlation across positions.
Who Succeeds in This Role
- Traders who prefer the simplicity of a defined structure over complex multi-leg combinations
- People who want options exposure without the complexity of naked premium or calendars
- Candidates new to professional options trading — verticals are an excellent foundation role
- Traders who can resist widening spreads to chase higher premium or trade larger size
Why This Role Exists at Maverick
Verticals are the cleanest first professional options strategy. Maverick funds traders here both as a primary role for traders specializing in spreads and as a stepping-stone for traders developing into more complex options strategies.
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.