Stock broking is long gone mate, traders have computer programmes to book their trades now. Brokers still exist for less 'liquid' products, especially so for complex derivative products/commodities - no one really needs them for equities (stock).
Tbh, why not just become a trader? A broker is basically the person that listens to a traders instructions, then facilitates the trade.
- Do Maths A-level if you can, get into a top target uni (Oxbridge, LSE, Warwick, UCL, Imperial)/semi-target uni (Bristol, Durham, Nottingham, Bath, Edinburgh, KCL etc). I'd probably recommend doing something quantitative, but you're looking for a more sales-y job so it's not that necessary.
- Apply for spring weeks/insight weeks in the Markets (Sales and Trading) division of investment banks + brokerages (i.e. ICAP)
- Convert to a summer internship (or apply again to all the banks and any brokers, if you didn't convert/you recieved 0 spring weeks)
- Convert that summer to a grad job
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