1 - To open an account with a brokerage firm in North America must be 18 years of age, you may have a parent open a custodial account with your social security number . At age 18 , assets in the account can be moved to an account in your name.
2 -. No, you can trade options with only $ 500.00 If you had been studying the options you should know that the 500 can buy a lot
It would be in your best interest to make the study of the values of options before you even think about "trade " them.
I know you do not like my answer , but based in reality. Do yourself a favor and do more studies, not only about the options , but also general traffic .
While you are studying you will have the opportunity to earn additional investment capital .