Although I don't think the law will keep you from becoming Series 7 licensed, the brokerage company (that has to sponsor you in order to take the Series 7) might not sponsor/hire you because of your bankruptcy. At least that's the way it was 20+ years ago when I went into the business (6 months before Black Monday!).

Pick up the phone and call your state securities department. They can probably tell you both the law and reality, which isn't always the same thing.

Contact me and I'll be happy to share the ups and downs (no market volatility pun intended) of working for a brokerage company. It's a great way to add stress and insecurity to your future, - especially now during a bear market and a quickly changing business model that brokerages are scampering to develop (i.e. putting lipstick on the pig) - although combining other licenses with a few years of experience in securities sales might have a more low-stress and secure future (if you can survive the first 2 to 5 years in securities sales.

Although I made it, if I'd known what I was getting into I wouldn't have done it. Am I glad now that I did it? Well...yes, but that's not a recommendation to enter this crazy, crazy, crazy business.

Good luck. Whatever you do, talk to a few people with extensive experience in the brokerage business before you jump into the fire.

Both the frying pan and fire can be hotter than hell. And like the man with his head in the oven and his feet in a bucket of ice, says (when you ask him how he's doing), "Well, on average I'm fine."