Conditions to trade ETFs with Schwab or other

External question — Personal Finance Stack Exchange Author: The Dan Original post: https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/146121 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. I am looking for the conditions to start trading ETFs such as SPX and TQQQ. While trying to do it with an interactive brokers account, it tells me that I have 2 options, Be an institutional investor (Which I am not) Have at least 200k$ so they let me invest in ETFs (Which also restricts me) What options are valid to try to open an investment account where I can trade ETFs without needing to comply with those conditions. Investor Profile: European investor, with no social security number in the US, planning to invest around 5000$