Shawn’s Trade Ideas

Short term trade ideas in Australian and International Equities & ETFs

About The Strategy

Trading ideas targeting short term explosive moves with stop levels provided on entry and updated daily. The “Active Tag” says we’re still happy to buy now!

**Trade Stats** UPDATED 29/05/2025 17:00
Performance	WINS	LOSSES	AVERAGE WIN	AVERAGE LOSS	EDGE
The numbers	+12	-8	+10.95%	-5.21%	+3.15

* Inception date 05/08/2024

**Portfolio Holdings** 20 MINUTES DELAYED trade now
CODE	NAME	TRADE TIME	RISK	BUY DATE	STOP LEVEL ($)	BUY PRICE ($)	LAST PRICE ($)	DIVIDENDS ($)	DAILY CHANGE (%)	GAIN / LOSS (%)
URNM	BetaShares Uranium ETF	10:10	High	12/05/2025	7.90	7.50	8.96		0.00	19.47
WDS	Woodside Energy	10:10	High	10/06/2025	24.00	23.05	25.63		0.00	11.19

**Recent Sales** UPDATED 13/06/2025 17:00 trade now
Company code	STOCK NAME	ACTIVITY	RISK	TIME HORIZON	EXIT DATE	ENTRY PRICE ($)	CLOSE PRICE ($)	GAIN / LOSS (%)
GDX	VanEck Gold Miners ETF	Took profit	High	Short	13/06/2025	70	85	21.43
PLS	Pilbara Minerals	Stop price hit	High	Short	03/06/2024	1.18	1.09	-7.63
IZZ	iShares Large-Cap China ETF	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	29/05/2024	50	53.25	6.5
NDQ	BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF	Took profit	High	Short	29/05/2025	41.8	50.15	19.98
IIND	BetaShares India Quality ETF	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	07/05/2025	11.6	11.7	0.86
IZZ	iShares China Large Cap ETF	Took profit	High	Short	25/02/2025	51.6	57.75	11.91
IEU	iShares European Equities ETF	Took profit	High	Short	25/02/2025	93	94.97	2.11
WIRE	Global X Copper ETF	Stop price hit	High	Short	24/02/2025	13.25	12.5	-5.66
PLS	Pilbara Minerals	Stop price hit	High	Short	10/02/2025	2.15	2.17	0.93
AGVT	Betashares Australian Governme	Stop price hit	High	Short	13/01/2025	40.9	40.8	-0.24
NHF	nib holdings Ltd/Australia	Stop price hit	High	Short	19/12/2024	5.7	5.4	-5.26
RMS	Ramelius Resources Ltd	Stop price hit	High	Short	19/12/2024	2.29	2.16	-5.68
WHC	Whitehaven Coal Ltd	Stop price hit	High	Short	05/12/2024	6.78	6.4	-5.6
GEAR	BetaShares Geared Australian E	Took profit	High	Short	21/11/2024	32.04	32.9	2.68
BEN	Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd	Took profit	High	Short	21/11/2024	12.48	13.4	7.37
NVDA US	NVIDIA	Took profit	High	Short	18/11/2024	134.9	139.5	3.41
ETPMAG	Global X Physical Silver	Stop price hit	High	Short	31/10/2024	46.5	43.98	-5.42
AUDS	BetaShares Strong Australian D	Stop price hit	High	Short	30/10/2024	6.4	6	-6.25
FMG	Fortescue Ltd	Took profit	High	Short	30/09/2024	17.12	21.26	24.18
NVDA US	NVIDIA	Took profit	High	Short	26/08/2024	100	130	30

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Opinions relating to short-term trades

16/06/2025 09:38

Shawn’s Trade Idea: iShares Large-Cap China ETF (IZZ) $55.90

The Chinese market is arguably one of the best-valued, even after substantial gains over the last eighteen months. Chinese stocks look positioned for another “buy the dip” opportunity as we continue to target new multi-year highs into Christmas. In hindsight, we took profit too soon in May, but that doesn’t mean we won't buy back in at higher prices, i.e. it's all about profit and risk/reward, not e

16/06/2025 09:37

Trading Ideas – Position Updates

Profits were also taken in the Long VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) at $85 on Friday, during the panic buying following the fresh Middle East outbreak – Click Here. If a trade idea is updated, the action is shown on the home page of the MM site.

10/06/2025 09:41

Shawn’s Trade Idea: Woodside Energy Group Ltd (WDS) $22.94

The crude oil price has started to advance in the face of some significant headwinds, a positive sign that the market is looking for, or has found, a low. WDS has endured a tough few years, and with FOMO looming as the market edges towards fresh highs, it’s a logical place for underweight investors to consider parking some cash.

10/06/2025 09:40

Trading Ideas – Position Updates

Trade ideas are provided as a guide only. Market Matters is not investing in these ideas as we do our other suite of portfolios available here. If trades are updated through the week, these updates will be advised in the morning note and will be flagged as an alert on the home page of the website. Separate emails or SMS messages will not be sent for Shawns Trade Ideas. The ideas are General in nature only.

02/06/2025 09:13

Trading Ideas – Position Updates

There are currently two bullish open trade ideas across very different international markets

02/06/2025 09:12

Shawn’s Trade Idea: Buy South32 Ltd (S32) at $2.45

The S32 share price has tracked aluminium closely in 2025, which is not surprising considering it makes up a substantial portion of the company's revenue. We believe that Trump's latest move towards steel and aluminium could easily be reversed; hence, we like S32 if we see a spike lower following the latest steel and aluminium tariff announcement.

29/05/2025 10:52

Shawn’s Trade Idea: Sell NASDAQ (NDQ) ETF

Following Nvidia’s solid earnings report this morning and subsequent +1.75% “pop” in the NASDAQ Futures, Shawn is taking profit on his NDQ ETF position as alluded to in this morning's report. A classic case of “sell the fact” after NVDA’s result.

26/05/2025 09:25

Trading Ideas – Position Updates

There are currently four open trade ideas across very different international markets:

26/05/2025 09:23

Shawn’s Trade Idea: Buy Pilbara Minerals (PLS) at $1.20

The lithium miners have endured an awful few years with local heavyweight Pilbara (PLS) down 37% so far in 2025. The stock/sector is slowly gaining some strength, and we like PLS into fresh recent lows. This may look unlikely, being over 10% lower, but this is a volatile stock in a clear downtrend so investors/traders should never say never, i.e. “Plan your trade, and trade your plan.”

19/05/2025 09:36

Trade Idea: Buy VanEck Bitcoin ETF (VBTC) at $31

Bitcoin has been at the forefront of the strong recovery across risk assets in the last month, and with the “Trump Family”, as they say in poker, all-in on the crypto space, I believe for traders, buying the dip will pay dividends into Christmas.