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Top trades by global Sharesight users — January 2025

by Stephanie Stefanovic, Content Manager, Sharesight | Jan 30th 2025

Welcome to the January 2025 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 January 2025

Top 20 Global trades Jan25

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This month’s top trades were led 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. The top trades were followed by Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), which missed Q4 earnings estimates, sending shares downwards. Overall, it was a strong month for tech stocks, with 14 of the top 20 trades consisting of stocks belonging to the tech, EV, semiconductor and e-commerce sectors.

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

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

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR)

Bitcoin (BTC)

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM)

  • Trump threatens to impose 100% tax on foreign semiconductors
  • Taiwanese govt. says semiconductor business between US and Taiwan is a “win-win” for both sides

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