Options Volatility Trader (Remote, Funded NY
White Plains, Westchester County, New York, 10601, USA
Listed on 2026-08-16
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Finance & Banking
Trading - Equity / Derivatives / Quantitative, Financial Advisor / Consultant, Crypto & DeFi, Risk Manager/Analyst
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.
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: 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
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