seahorsedivorce

Hi. I am wondering if there is any way average people can bet against these markets or if this practice is restricted to people with special licenses to trade? I.e. can a regular person short a stock? EDIT: words

I'm in no way considering this. I just was interested because in The Big Short the two young guys go to big banks to acquire some specific license to do what they want to do, they can't so they use Brad Pitt...

Thanks for your reply!