Options Volatility Trader (Remote, Funded) — Los Angeles, CA

Options volatility traders at Maverick treat implied volatility as the primary instrument. The position thesis isn\'t \'this stock will go up\' — it\'s \'realized volatility will print higher than what the options market is pricing in,\' or \'term structure is mispriced and will revert.\' This role is for traders who already speak in vegas, vannas, and vol surfaces, not for directional traders who happen to use options. 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. What you\'ll trade: Single-name equity options where realized-vs-implied edge is identifiable, index options for systematic vol exposure, and ETF options (VIX-related products, sector ETFs) for thematic vol expressions. Strategies include long straddles around event windows, ratio spreads to express vol view with directional bias, and term-structure trades (calendars when contango is mispriced). Risk framework: Vol trading carries gamma risk on long-vol structures and tail risk on short-vol structures. Maverick caps short-vega exposure firmly and requires hedging plans before entering ratio or naked-leg trades. We do not run uncovered short-vol books in single names; index short-vol is sized to survive a 2008-class shock. Why Maverick funds this role: Most retail options traders trade directionally and use vol as a side input. There\'s structural edge for traders who flip that — who trade vol primarily and let direction be a secondary consideration. Maverick funds this role because the strategy is differentiated from the bulk of our book and provides diversification at the firm level. Traders who have already lost money learning that short premium isn\'t free money People who can think in two dimensions at once — price and vol Quantitatively comfortable candidates; this isn\'t a chart-trader role Traders who maintain their own realized-vol estimates rather than reading off a screen #J-18808-Ljbffr Maverick Trading