Moving to Trading

I've gotten offers from a boutique for an internship in risk. At the same time, I have a full time offer for risk at a larger bank. If my eventual goal is trading, should I take the internship so that it's easier to leave or should I go with the full time offer if it will make me look more competitive?

I've already graduated so I'm not sure about my options.

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Bigger bank and FT is much better than an internship.

"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man." ― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
 

Thanks for the responses. So even though it might be harder to exit a full time position than an internship, a full time risk position would look better in the eyes of the hiring manager than an internship?

Because if the interviewer asks me why I left, the fact that my internship contract ended might sound better than the fact that I resigned. So we're saying these two facts won't differ much?

 

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