Top trades by global Sharesight users — April 2026
Welcome to the April 2026 edition of Sharesight’s monthly trading snapshot for global investors, where we look at the top 20 trades made by Sharesight users around the world, excluding Australia and New Zealand (which we cover separately). Below we will reveal the top trades by our global userbase, highlighting some of the most popular stocks and the market-moving news behind them.
Top trades in April 2026
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April’s top trades were strongly led by NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), followed by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Compared to the previous month, NVDA and MSFT swapped places in the top two, while other popular trades such as Vanguard’s S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: VOO), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) all held their rankings. At the same time, Bitcoin fell out of the rankings entirely. Compared to the previous month, sell trades were noticeably higher across the board, with investors likely capitalising on higher share prices in the month of April.
Let’s look at the market-moving news behind some of this month’s top stocks:
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)
- NVIDIA market cap hits US$5.26 trillion — the highest in the history of publicly traded companies
- NVIDIA CEO claims AI labour displacement fears are overstated, says its “creating an enormous number of jobs”
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
- Microsoft pledges to invest AU$25 billion in AI in Australia
- Offers “voluntary retirement program” to 7% of US employees
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)
- Tesla share price falls as deliveries fail to meet expectations
- Share price rises as company deploys new software, CEO touts chip progress
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)
- Amazon beats earnings expectations, driven by strong cloud growth
- Share price jumps to record high on news of Meta AI chip deal
Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU)
- Micron share price hits all-time high
- Micron pushes US Congress to put export restrictions on equipment used by Chinese competitors
Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR)
- Critics are alarmed about Palantir’s controversial pro-West ‘manifesto’
- Palantir share price is down 20% in 2026
Meta (NASDAQ: META)
- Meta share price drops after announcing 10% job cuts
- Meta beats earnings and revenue expectations
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
- Success of new Apple CEO may depend on the company’s AI strategy
- Apple beats earnings expectations, despite iPhone sales falling short
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