What are the most traded shares in the UK?
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Discover our most traded stocks on share dealing
- Most dealt shares in the UK
- Most bought shares in the UK
- Most sold shares in the UK
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 share dealing platform from UK clients in the previous week (Monday to Friday). Most traded includes both buy and sell trades.
| Rank | Stock | Ticker | Percentage of all trades |
| 1 | Tesla Motors Inc (All Sessions) | TSLA | 1.9% |
| 2 | NVIDIA Corp (All Sessions) | NVDA | 1.4% |
| 3 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | RR | 1.4% |
| 4 | International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LSE) | ICAG | 1.1% |
| 5 | Apple Inc (All Sessions) | AAPL | 0.9% |
| 6 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc (All Sessions) | AMD | 0.7% |
| 7 | Marin Software Inc | MRIN | 0.7% |
| 8 | Lloyds Banking Group PLC | LLOY | 0.6% |
| 9 | easyJet PLC | EZJ | 0.6% |
| 10 | Petrofac Ltd | PFC | 0.6% |
When you buy shares with share dealing, you buy and own the stock and become a shareholder in the company. Here are the most bought shares on our share dealing platform in the previous week (Monday to Friday all hours).
| Rank | Stock | Ticker | Percentage of all trades |
| 1 | Tesla Motors Inc (All Sessions) | TSLA | 2.0% |
| 2 | NVIDIA Corp (All Sessions) | NVDA | 1.5% |
| 3 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | RR | 1.1% |
| 4 | International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LSE) | ICAG | 1.0% |
| 5 | Apple Inc (All Sessions) | AAPL | 1.0% |
| 6 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc (All Sessions) | AMD | 0.8% |
| 7 | Ocado Group PLC | OCDO | 0.7% |
| 8 | MicroStrategy Inc | MSTR | 0.7% |
| 9 | easyJet PLC | EZJ | 0.7% |
| 10 | CleanSpark Inc | CLSK | 0.7% |
When you sell shares with share dealing, you are selling your existing shareholding in that company.
Here are the most sold shares on our platform most sold by our clients in the UK during regular trading hours. This data may be valuable for those wishing to short share CFDs or spread bets as well.
| Rank | Stock | Ticker | Percentage of all trades |
| 1 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | RR | 1.7% |
| 2 | Tesla Motors Inc (All Sessions) | TSLA | 1.6% |
| 3 | NVIDIA Corp (All Sessions) | NVDA | 1.3% |
| 4 | International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LSE) | ICAG | 1.2% |
| 5 | BP PLC | BP | 0.9% |
| 6 | Marin Software Inc | MRIN | 0.9% |
| 7 | Glencore PLC (LSE) | GLEN | 0.9% |
| 8 | Apple Inc (All Sessions) | AAPL | 0.8% |
| 9 | Petrofac Ltd | PFC | 0.7% |
| 10 | Lloyds Banking Group PLC | LLOY | 0.7% |
Discover our most traded stocks on spread betting and CFDs
- Most traded shares in the UK
- Most long (buy) positions
- Most short (sell) positions
When you trade shares with spread betting or 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 UK spread betting and CFD trading accounts in the previous week (Monday to Friday). Most traded includes both long and short positions.
| Rank | Stock | Ticker | Percentage of all trades |
| 1 | Tesla Motors Inc (All Sessions) | TSLA | 8.9% |
| 2 | NVIDIA Corp (All Sessions) | NVDA | 7.5% |
| 3 | Coinbase Global Inc (All Sessions) | COIN | 2.9% |
| 4 | Align Technology Inc | ALGN | 2.5% |
| 5 | Shell PLC (LSE) | SHEL | 2.1% |
| 6 | Amazon.com Inc (All Sessions) | AMZN | 2.1% |
| 7 | Micron Technology Inc (All Sessions) | MU | 1.5% |
| 8 | CleanSpark Inc | CLSK | 1.3% |
| 9 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd - ADR | TSM | 1.3% |
| 10 | MicroStrategy Inc | MSTR | 1.3% |
When you buy (go long) on shares with spread betting or CFDs, you speculate on the price of the stock rising. You’ll never own the underlying company share. Here are the trades with the most long positions on our UK spread betting and CFD platforms in the past week (from Monday to Friday all hours).
| Rank | Stock | Ticker | Percentage of all trades | |
| 1 | Tesla Motors Inc (All Sessions) | TSLA | 8.3% | |
| 2 | NVIDIA Corp (All Sessions) | NVDA | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Coinbase Global Inc (All Sessions) | COIN | 2.6% | |
| 4 | Vodafone Group PLC | VOD | 1.8% | |
| 5 | CleanSpark Inc | CLSK | 1.7% | |
| 6 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | RR | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Lloyds Banking Group PLC | LLOY | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Apple Inc (All Sessions) | AAPL | 1.5% | |
| 9 | MicroStrategy Inc | MSTR | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc (All Sessions) | AMD | 1.3% |
When you sell (go short) on shares with spread betting or CFDs, you take a position on the price of the stock falling. You don’t ever take ownership of the underlying company share. Here are the most traded short (sell) positions on our UK spread betting and CFD platforms with the largest short interest in the past week (from Monday to Friday all hours).
| Rank | Stock | Ticker | Percentage of all trades |
| 1 | Tesla Motors Inc (All Sessions) | TSLA | 17.4% |
| 2 | NVIDIA Corp (All Sessions) | NVDA | 9.1% |
| 3 | Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (All Sessions) | QQQ | 6.0% |
| 4 | Coinbase Global Inc (All Sessions) | COIN | 4.6% |
| 5 | Amazon.com Inc (All Sessions) | AMZN | 2.5% |
| 6 | MicroStrategy Inc | MSTR | 2.0% |
| 7 | Apple Inc (All Sessions) | AAPL | 1.9% |
| 8 | Revolution Beauty Group PLC | REVB | 1.1% |
| 9 | Super Micro Computer Inc | SMCI | 1.1% |
| 10 | Globe Life Inc | GL | 1.0% |
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