Top trades by New Zealand Sharesight users — October 2025
Welcome to the October 2025 edition of Sharesight’s monthly trading snapshot for New Zealand investors, where we look at the top 20 trades made by New Zealand 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 Sharesight users in New Zealand, while also giving us an opportunity to zoom into the most popular stocks and the market-moving news behind them.
Top trades in October 2025
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This month, the top trades were led by NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), followed by the Smartshares US 500 (NZX: USF) and Vanguard S&P 500 (ARCA: VOO) ETFs. It was an ETF-heavy month overall, with 9 of the top 20 trades consisting of ETFs. US tech stocks also dominated the rankings, with very little investment in local assets.
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 were more customers trading in NVDA, the volume of USF trades was higher, meaning that while there were fewer people trading in USF compared to NVDA, they made more trades.
Most-traded stocks in October 2025
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This month’s top stock trades were led by NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), which saw its share price reach an all-time high. The top trades were followed by Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB), which also saw its share price hit a record peak.
Let’s look at some of the market-moving news behind some of this month’s top stocks:
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)
- With 1,500% share price growth in three years, is NVIDIA in a bubble?
- NVIDIA becomes world’s first company worth US$5 trillion
Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB)
- Rocket Lab shares rise following series of new launch deals
- Rocket Lab share price up almost 600% in a year
Meta (NASDAQ: FB)
- Meta share price plunges as company projects higher expenses in 2026
- Meta stock suffers biggest one-day loss in three years
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)
- Tesla share price falls as investors underwhelmed by new lower-cost cars
- Tesla profit drops despite record revenue
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)
- Amazon share price rises 10% after AWS reports strongest quarterly growth in almost three years
- Raises spending forecast to US$125 billion
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
- Microsoft shares slide despite strong cloud growth
- Investors sell off Microsoft shares due to AI spending scepticism
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD)
- AMD signs another major AI chip deal
- Analysts boost AMD price target following positive company announcements
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)
- Alphabet share price hits record high after beating earnings expectations, exceeding US$100 billion quarterly revenue
- Is Alphabet a stronger AI play than Meta?
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