Top trades by Australian Sharesight users — April 2025

Welcome to the April 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 April 2025

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This month, the top trades were strongly led by Vanguard’s Australian Shares (ASX: VAS) and International Shares (ASX: VGS) ETFs, followed by the iShares S&P 500 (ASX: IVV) ETF.

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 VGS and IVV trades is higher, meaning that while there are fewer people trading in VGS and IVV, they are making more trades.

Most-traded stocks in April 2025

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This month’s top-traded stocks were led by BHP (ASX: BHP), which saw its share price rise steadily throughout April. The top trades were followed by Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS), which experienced a plunge in its share price at the beginning of the month, remaining flat ever since. Interestingly, while there were more investors trading in BHP and Woodside, the number of trades in NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) was much higher, with investors likely taking advantage of a huge dip in the share price caused by US tariff concerns.

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

BHP (ASX: BHP)

• BHP share price rises on strong Q3 update
• Leading broker recommends investors buy the dip on BHP shares

Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS)

• Woodside forced to defend Scarborough project in court
• Woodside will become one of world’s biggest LNG producers by end of the decade

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)

• NVIDIA share price plunges as it reveals US$5.5 billion impact of new Chinese export controls issued by US govt.
• NVIDIA has lost more than US$1.3 trillion in market cap

Fortescue Metals (ASX: FMG)

• Fortescue commits to spending AU$350 million on electric drill rigs for Pilbara operations
• Quarterly shipment numbers grow; Fortescue reaffirms FY guidance

Gold

• Australians clamour to buy physical gold amid price surge
• Experts predict further price rises when Trump’s 90-day tariff pause ends

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)

• Amazon share price drops as leading investment firm downgrades price target by 29%
• Stock rallies following Trump’s comments on easing trade war with China

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

• Tesla share price soars despite mounting US tariffs
• Tesla reveals 71% profit drop in quarterly earnings report, fuelled by negative sentiment around Elon Musk

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