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Top trades by global Sharesight users — July 2026

by Stephanie Stefanovic, Content Manager, Sharesight | Aug 11th 2026

Welcome to the July 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 July 2026

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Individual stocks dominated July's top trades, with only three ETFs making the top 20. NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) held the top spot, followed by VOO and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Four holdings were new entries or re-entries this month: QQQ, SCHD, the Roundhill Memory ETF (Cboe BZX: DRAM) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). Sell activity was elevated among some of the most actively traded names, including Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR), each showing a notably higher proportion of selling relative to buying.

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

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)

Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU)

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB)

  • Rocket Lab shares fall 58% from 52-week high as US$8 billion Iridium Communications acquisition raises financing concerns
  • Stock jumps 5% after Rocket Lab wins US$266 million US Air Force contract for at least 12 hypersonic test launches

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

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM)

  • TSMC posts record Q2 earnings, with revenue up 36% year-on-year
  • Shares fall 15% despite earnings beat, as investors balk at TSMC raising capex guidance to US$60-64 billion and committing US$100 billion to Arizona investment

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