Top trades by Australian Sharesight users — July 2026
Welcome to the July 2026 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 July 2026
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July's top trades were dominated by ETFs, led by Vanguard's MSCI Index International Shares (ASX: VGS) and Australian Shares (ASX: VAS) funds, followed by iShares' S&P 500 ETF (ASX: IVV). ETFs made up 13 of the top 20 trades, and most of that activity was buying rather than selling. Individual stocks showed the opposite pattern: every single-stock holding in the top 20 saw markedly higher sell activity than the ETFs above it, suggesting investors used July's volatility to trim individual positions while continuing to build their ETF holdings.
Most-traded stocks in July 2026
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In July, the top-traded stocks were NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and CSL (ASX: CSL), with CSL climbing into second place. Three stocks were new entries or re-entries into the top 20 this month: National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM). Sell pressure was particularly elevated among WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), BHP (ASX: BHP) and Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS), each showing markedly higher selling activity relative to its trade volume, suggesting Australian investors are becoming more selective even among the most actively traded names.
Let’s look at some of the market-moving news behind some of this month’s top stocks:
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)
- NVIDIA plunges to lowest market cap since 2019 as investors pivot to memory and storage stocks
- Is NVIDIA undervalued?
- NVIDIA in talks to finance OpenAI
CSL (ASX: CSL)
- Could CSL’s share price double over the next year?
- Shares hit highest price in months following news of upcoming clinical trials
WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC)
- WiseTech shares have plummeted 73% in 12 months, as scandals dampen investor sentiment
- Analysts see upside for WiseTech, as core operations remain resilient
SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX)
- SpaceX share price rises 16% as over 911 million shares become liquid
- Despite strong momentum in Q2, analysts are concerned about the stock’s long-term trajectory
Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU)
- Micron exceeds Q3 estimates with revenue of US$41.5 billion
- Analysts predict Micron could return to all-time highs within months, as AI-driven demand keeps memory chip supply tight
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)
- Tesla shares plunge 8% despite Q2 deliveries beating expectations
- Analysts predict Tesla stock could fall a further 10% by month's end
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
- Microsoft trades at its cheapest valuation in years ahead of latest earnings report
- Shares rocket 15.5% — the largest single-day jump in stock market history — as Azure revenue tops US$100 billion
BHP (ASX: BHP)
- BHP shares soared 62% in FY26 — can they keep climbing?
- BHP shares close up 3.24% as iron ore and copper prices recover
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