<prompt> Human: Im 20, going to be finishing up my last year of school this coming school season. I really love investing. I first got my feet wet with the market 2 years ago doing 600 trades of Sony Coca Cola. Now that I feel more comfortable with the idea, I have set up my Roth and 2 brokerage accounts. I have very basic knowledge of investing. I can buy stock, I can buy ETFs, I can sell both: Basic knowledge. I want to learn more about investing including buying on margin, shorting the market, and especially trading options. Im wondering what place rpersonalfinance thinks a college kid with a chunk of change laying around has in trading options particularly. I dont feel confident buying on margin because I dont need anymore debt in my life, and I dont want to short the market because of the inherit risk of unlimited losses; but options are the one thing that have captivated my interest.With that said, I am likely to graduate without debt Shout out to my awesome dad. I do not have any major expenses.Is trading options something that I should wait until I am older and when I have a bit more of a financial backbone to begin to experiment with? TL;DR: I want to learn to trade options, but I am not sure if I am financially ready. Is college the right time to learn, or should I wait until I am a bit older?  <response>: No.You should learn to trade options ifwhen someone trains you to be a professional options trader. 