I intuitively believe that from the beginning, markets are usually overly optimistic on the dawn of a new tech and I'm anticipating a correction in perhaps a few months or a year. Anyone knows how to short a stock on that time frame?
Thinking "AI is a bubble" is not a good enough reason to short a company.
So be careful.
But google for "options contracts". You'll need a broker and they will most likely make you get approvals for it. Usually you have to show some financial sophistication.
Only if you write/sell them. Buying an option you can only lose 100% of what you paid for it. (Which is the outcome most of the time.)
Your overall point of educating yourself on how options work before you jump in is well advised though; options are risky and way more leveraged than stocks.
Of course, but if you don't know what you are doing, it's hard to tell the difference, especially since selling options can make you a lot more money so it looks like the better play if you don't know what you are doing.
Unlike options you can sell short and hold the position for as long as you can fund it - cover the cost of repurchasing the shares if it goes up and pay dividends etc.
The trouble with shorting meme/viral/bubble stocks is the price may go a lot higher in the short term
I don't recall who said it, but if you put the same unexperienced investor in two paralell universes, one where they short and one where they long, the more likely outcome is that they will lose money on both.
The opening position is just one part of the equation.