How do I go about opening a stocks account, and does opening a stocks account have any requirements?

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Choose a broker and go to the webpage, it would advise you on the requirements. Generally, they would have you to declare citizenship, education etc.

For non custodian accounts, you would required a CDP account. You would need to set that up first.