Small-Cap Equity Trader (Remote, Funded NY
Freeport, Nassau County, New York, 11520, USA
Listed on 2026-08-16
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Finance & Banking
Trading - Equity / Derivatives / Quantitative, Financial Advisor / Consultant, Capital Markets
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.
New York, NY: New York is the geographic and historical center of US capital markets. The NYSE, NASDAQ, every major investment bank, the bulk of hedge fund AUM, and a deep talent pool sit within a few square miles. For a trader, that means the most professional community in the world, the tightest co-location latency if you ever needed it, and a labor market where almost everyone you meet has either traded, sold to traders, or built tech for trading.
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.
Risk framework: 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.
Why Maverick funds this role: 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.
- 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
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