Can I ask for a part time internship?

Retail trader here looking to get into prop firms and IB trading floors .... I'm currently doing a F/T diploma at a target university and I have 3 full days off in the week.

I was hoping to approach firms via cold call/email to see if I could work unpaid 2 days a week .... is this something firms do? Anyone else had this successfully work out for them, and if so, would you share your strategy? Im in London if that makes any difference

I need to clock my experience up, I find being a retail trader only seems to count for so much..

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