What are the most traded shares in the UAE?
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Discover our most traded stocks on stock trading
When you deal shares, you buy and own the stock and become a shareholder in the company. Here are the most traded global shares on our stock trading platform from UAE clients in the previous week (24 August to 28 August 2026). Most traded includes both buy and sell trades.
- Most dealt shares in the UAE
- Most dealt ETFs in the UAE
| Rank | Stock | Ticker | Percentage of all trades |
| 1 | Super Micro Computer Inc (24 Hours) | SMCI | %11.60 |
| 2 | Aeries Technology Inc | AERT | %9.36 |
| 3 | Strategy Inc (24 Hours) | MSTR | %8.12 |
| 4 | CleanSpark Inc (24 Hours) | CLSK | %6.82 |
| 5 | NVIDIA Corp (24 Hours) | NVDA | %6.39 |
| 6 | SpaceX (24 Hours) | N/A | %2.40 |
| 7 | FingerMotion Inc | FNGR | %1.81 |
| 8 | Tesla Motors Inc (24 Hours) | TSLA | %1.78 |
| 9 | Applied Digital Corp (24 Hours) | APLD | %1.22 |
| 10 | Capricor Therapeutics Inc | CAPR | %1.07 |
| Rank | ETF | Ticker | Percentage of all trades |
| 1 | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF (24 Hours) | SOXL | %10.23 |
| 2 | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Sh AE (24 Hours) | SOXS | %7.76 |
| 3 | GraniteShares 3x Long NVIDIA Daily ETP | 3LNV | %4.29 |
| 4 | SPDR Gold Shares (24 Hours) | GLD | %3.14 |
| 5 | Leverage Shares 3x Palantir ETP | PLT3 | %2.97 |
| 6 | Ishares Ethereum Trust (24 Hours) | ETHA | %2.81 |
| 7 | MAX S&P 500 4X Leveraged ETN | SPYU | %2.64 |
| 8 | iShares S&P 500 UCITS ETF Inc | IUSA | %2.48 |
| 9 | ProShares UltraPro QQQ (24 Hours) | TQQQ | %2.15 |
| 10 | Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF | VWRA | %2.15 |
Discover our most traded stocks on CFDs
When you trade shares with CFDs, you speculate on the price of the stock. You can go long or short but you never own the underlying asset. Here are the most traded shares on our UAE CFD trading accounts in the previous week (24 August to 28 August 2026). Most traded includes both long and short positions.
- Most traded shares in the UAE
- Most traded ETFs in the UAE
| Rank | Stock | Ticker | Percentage of all trades |
| 1 | Strategy Inc (24 Hours) | MSTR | %10.98 |
| 2 | Prosus NV | PRX | %10.16 |
| 3 | NVIDIA Corp (24 Hours) | NVDA | %9.05 |
| 4 | Micron Technology Inc (24 Hours) | MU | %4.19 |
| 5 | IREN Limited (24 Hours) | IREN | %3.50 |
| 6 | SpaceX (24 Hours) | N/A | %3.00 |
| 7 | Sandisk Corp (24 Hours) | SNDK | %2.47 |
| 8 | Marvell Technology Group Ltd (24 Hours) | MRVL | %2.06 |
| 9 | Palantir Technologies Inc (24 Hours) | PLTR | %1.69 |
| 10 | Galaxy Digital Inc (US) | GLXY | %1.64 |
| Rank | ETF | Ticker | Percentage of all trades |
| 1 | VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF US (24 Hours) | GDX | %22.45 |
| 2 | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF (24 Hours) | SOXL | %20.41 |
| 3 | ProShares UltraPro QQQ (24 Hours) | TQQQ | %12.24 |
| 4 | abrdn Palladium ETF Trust | PALL | %6.12 |
| 5 | iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | VXX | %6.12 |
| 6 | Roundhill Memory ETF | DRAM | %4.08 |
| 7 | SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust | GLDM | %4.08 |
| 8 | YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF | NVDY | %4.08 |
| 9 | iShares Semiconductor ETF | SOXX | %4.08 |
| 10 | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Sh AE (24 Hours) | SOXS | %2.04 |
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