I am a college student currently in grad school, but want to spend all of my extra time on learning how to trade with the ultimate goal of trading for a living or at least part-time.

I have been playing around in the markets for about 2 years now and have read multiple trading and investing books during this time. However, as it has been stated many times on this forum, reading books and then applying your knowledge to the markets doesn't always ensure you will be successful.

So I was thinking I need an experienced trader to teach me the ropes, but I honestly don't have thousands of dollars to spend on live trading sessions and even if I did I probably would not invest in them.

So I came down to two options:

1. Try to find someone locally to shadow or
2. Search online for someone willing to teach me a few days a week

Probably a long shot....thought I would ask anyway