Here are the 10 most traded ASX shares and US stocks in September

News of economic stimulus in China influenced investors' trading decisions last month.

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ASX 200 mining giants BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) and Fortescue Ltd (ASX: FMG) were the two most traded ASX shares last month among investors using the Selfwealth trading platform.

This reflected the commencement of a short-and-sharp rotation out of ASX 200 bank shares into the mining shares after China announced various new stimulus measures.

Investors jumped on mining shares as soon as news of the stimulus broke. They anticipated that the new measures would raise demand for iron ore in China, leading to stronger iron ore prices.

Iron ore commodity values had fallen to two-year lows prior to the news of the economic stimulus.

The BHP share price rose 12.73% over the month, while Fortescue shares surged 13.19%.

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Top 10 most traded ASX shares in September

Here are the top 10 most traded ASX shares in September by volume (incorporating both buy and sell orders), according to Selfwealth Ltd (ASX: SWF) data.

The percentage of buy orders gives an indication of investors' conviction on each ASX share.

RankTop ASX shares by trading volumePercentage of buy orders
1BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) 59.8%
2Fortescue Ltd (ASX: FMG)64.3%
3Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) 54.2%
4Zip Co Ltd (ASX: ZIP) 56%
5Woodside Energy Group Ltd (ASX: WDS)69.9%
6Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN) 69.4%
7ANZ Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: ANZ)50.3%
8Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS)50.9%
9Cettire Ltd (ASX: CTT) 51.1%
10Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC)45.4%
Source: Selfwealth

Top 10 most traded US stocks in September

Graphics processing units (GPUs) chip maker NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ: NVDA) was the most traded US stock in September.

The Nvidia share price rose by 1.73% over the month.

Social media company Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (NASDAQ: DJT), which is majority-owned by Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, made the top 10 in September.

Trump set up the TRUTH Social app in 2022 after he was banned on Twitter, which is now known as X.

The site describes itself as 'a uniting force for freedom of expression'.

TRUTH Social's mission is to end Big Tech's assault on free speech by opening up the Internet and giving the American people their voices back.

Here are the other top 10 most traded US stocks in September among Selfwealth investors.

RankTop US stocks by trading volumePercentage of buy orders
1NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ: NVDA)72.7%
2Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)46.4%
3Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ: GOOGL)72.3%
4Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL)49.6%
5Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE: PLTR) 69.5%
6Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) 57.3%
7Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT)54.7%
8MARA Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MARA)68.3%
9Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC)77.5%
10Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ: DJT)56.1%
Source: Selfwealth

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