Hi Folks -
First, I regret getting back to you Tree - I never looked back to this thread - each broker evaluates an application - and for some brokers, there are no set rules - but keep in mind, most people lose big in options - so they likely have a trade off - so if you had $100K in an account and 2 years of experience, you'd likely get cleared, as you would also likely get cleared with $2-5 K in an account if you had 8 years of experience.
Anyway, I was going over options in our usual market week thread - I guess we could vote over there to keep it in there, or in a fresh thread.