MBFCC is hiring. But yes, trading assisant positions would be your best route. Just don't approach it as though it's an impossible feat. Firms hire assistant traders everyday, just apply to every one of them.
Think of your search as your first trade - if you can't pull the trigger, then you'll never make any money. Seems like you want to be a trader so badly that you can't force yourself to face the possible reality of not getting hired, so instead you come onto a posting board to opine about it.
Seems no different to me than the trader who lets all his gains turn into losses - being so afraid of a loss that he ends up seeking it out.