Top trades by Australian Sharesight users — January 2025

Welcome to the January 2025 edition of Sharesight’s monthly trading snapshot for Australian investors, where we look at the top 20 trades made by Australian Sharesight users. Below we will look at the top trades overall, plus the top trades in individual stocks, which allows us to observe the broader investment trends by Australian Sharesight users, while also giving us an opportunity to zoom into the most popular stocks and the market-moving news behind them.

Top trades in January 2025

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This month, the top trades were strongly led by Vanguard’s Australian Shares (ASX: VAS) ETF, followed by the iShares S&P 500 (ASX: IVV) ETF and Vanguard’s International Shares (ASX: VGS) ETF. It was a strong month for ETF trading overall, with 14 of the top 20 trades belonging to ETFs.

It should be noted that the assets in our trading snapshots are ordered by the number of Sharesight users trading that asset, while the size of the bars indicate the actual trade volume. So while there are more customers trading in VAS, the volume of IVV trades is higher, meaning that while there are fewer people trading in IVV, they are making more trades.

Most-traded stocks in January 2025

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This month’s top-traded stocks were led primarily by buy trades in BHP (ASX: BHP), which saw its share price fluctuate throughout January. The top trades were followed by NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), which lost almost US$600 billion in market value as investors panicked over the potential impact of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek.

Let’s look at some of the market-moving news behind some of this month’s top stocks:

BHP (ASX: BHP)

• After falling over 21% in 2024, are BHP shares set to rebound in 2025?
• BHP abandons plan to bid for Anglo American

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)

• NVIDIA share price suffers biggest one-day loss ever as concerns mount over Chinese AI startup DeepSeek
• NVIDIA share price meltdown highlights uncertain future for AI stocks

Fortescue Metals (ASX: FMG)

• Fortescue share price drops despite Red Hawk Mining acquisition
• Reports record-breaking first-half performance; share price falls

Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS)

• Down 60% from all-time highs, is there upside for Woodside shares in 2025?
• Woodside has doubled gas price for WA customers since 2019
• Woodside backs out of clean energy projects

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

• Tesla’s quarterly earnings miss expectations, with adjusted net income plummeting by 23%
• Pledges to build a cheaper vehicle

Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS)

• Pilbara Minerals shares charge higher on strong quarterly update
• Completes Latin Resources acquisition

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR)

• Palantir expected to deliver YoY increase in earnings in upcoming earnings report
• Declared the S&P 500’s top-performing stock of 2024

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