Your credit score, source of income, possibility of paying back, would determine how much your will be eligible to get as a loan. You might be aware of it by now. As many have said and from my experience, I would say, taking a loan for gambling / trading, is not appreciated. But if you know you can manage with the other source to clear the debts, then yes you can go ahead. But you will become addicted and will tend to still go for loans and debts. So its good to cut down at the very beginning.