Traders who do not meet the minimum trading experience requirement may still request permissions to trade options. When you submit a permissions request for options with less than the required trading experience a proficiency exam will populate. Passing the proficiency exam with 60% will allow you to move forward with requesting options trading permission.
If your session times out before you complete the exam, you will need to re-request options permissions. Log back in to Client Portal and submit a new request to repeat the process.