Covered Call Strategist (Remote, Funded Options Trader) — Raleigh, NC

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.

Raleigh, NC: Raleigh is part of the Research Triangle - Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill - with NC State, Duke, and UNC anchoring a major biotech, pharma, and tech economy. The financial industry is growing rapidly with several asset managers relocating to the metro. Eastern Time alignment with the NYSE.

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