Top trades by Australian Sharesight users — March 2025

Welcome to the March 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 March 2025

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This month, the top trades were strongly led by Vanguard’s Australian Shares (ASX: VAS) ETF, followed by the iShares S&P 500 (ASX: IVV) ETF and Vanguard’s International Shares (ASX: VGS) 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 IVV trades is higher, meaning that while there are fewer people trading in IVV, they are making more trades.

Most-traded stocks in March 2025

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This month’s top-traded stocks were led by NVIDIA (ASX: NVDA), which saw its share price fluctuate throughout March but largely continued on a downward trend, experiencing its most significant drawdown since 2022. The top trades were followed by Fortescue Metals (ASX: FMG), which has also experienced plunging share prices.

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

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)

• NVIDIA share price sees biggest monthly drop since September 2022
• Will NVIDIA plummet further in 2025?

Fortescue Metals (ASX: FMG)

• Fortescue proposes 644MW solar PV plant in WA to decarbonise mining operations
• Share price down 32% in a year
• Fortescue dissolves US green hydrogen partnership

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

• Tesla share price down 50% from its peak in December 2024
• CEO tells employees to hold onto their shares amid massive selloff, predicts ‘bright’ future despite backlash
• Tesla board members, executive, offload over US$100 million-worth of shares

Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS)

• Woodside plans to sell some Trinidad and Tobago assets for AU$206 million
• Share price hits 52-week low

WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC)

• WiseTech share price down 28% in a month following board shakeup
• Australian Super sells AU$580 million stake in WiseTech
• Controversial WiseTech co-founder misled board about personal relationships

Physical gold (ASX: GOLD)

• Gold price is up 39% YoY
• Fund managers rush to open new gold funds, as prices soar

Woolworths (ASX: WOW)

• With AU$36 billion in half-year sales and more growth projected to come, are Woolworths shares undervalued?
• Investors bid up price of Woolworths and Coles shares as report reveals supermarkets have increased margins

Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN)

• MinRes share price down 66% YoY
• Leading broker calls MinRes a ‘buy’; share price jumps 8%

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