Covered Call Strategist (Remote, Funded Options Trader) — Columbus, OH

A covered call strategist at Maverick runs an income overlay on firm equity holdings. The role isn't about picking the next moonshot stock — it's about managing a portfolio of quality names and systematically generating premium against them. Done well, the strategy compounds an equity portfolio's return without taking on the open-ended risk of naked short calls. Columbus, OH: Columbus hosts the largest concentration of financial‑services employment in the Midwest outside Chicago — Nationwide Insurance is headquartered here, JPMorgan has tens of thousands of employees, and the metro is one of the largest banking back‑office centers in the country. Eastern Time alignment with the NYSE is clean, and the cost of living is among the lowest of any Eastern‑Time U.S. metro. What you'll trade: Covered calls on firm‑held equity positions, predominantly large‑cap dividend‑paying names and quality growth stocks. Some traders also run cash‑secured puts on names they would be willing to own — the "wheel" approach — to enter equity positions at a discount. Risk framework: Covered calls cap upside on the underlying — that's the trade. The risk is leaving large gains on the table when overwritten strikes are blown through. Maverick traders manage this by tiered coverage (only writing against a portion of a position) and by sizing call strikes based on the underlying's expected move and the trader's directional view. Why Maverick funds this role: Covered call programs are a legitimate institutional strategy run by major asset managers. The retail version is often poorly executed — wrong strikes, wrong sizing, wrong expirations. Maverick funds traders who run the strategy with institutional discipline against firm capital. Traders who already think in portfolio terms — not single‑position P&L People comfortable with a strategy whose returns are bounded but steady Candidates with a value‑investing or income‑investing background Traders who can resist the urge to chase higher premium by selling deep‑ITM or far‑OTM calls #J-18808-Ljbffr Maverick Trading