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 28/04/2026 17:00
Performance	WINS	LOSSES	AVERAGE WIN	AVERAGE LOSS	EDGE
The numbers	+27	-21	+10.59%	-4.58%	+2.97

* 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 ($)	DAILY CHANGE (%)	GAIN / LOSS (%)
APE	Eagers Automotive	10:00	High	28/04/2026	23.90	23.20	23.78	-0.46	2.50
IAG	Insurance Australia Group	10:00	High	04/05/2026	7.35	7.56	7.28	-3.06	-3.70
XRO	Xero	10:00	High	14/04/2026	79.40	75.28	83.56	-0.63	11.00

**Recent Sales** UPDATED 28/04/2026 17:00 trade now
Company code	STOCK NAME	ACTIVITY	RISK	TIME HORIZON	EXIT DATE	ENTRY PRICE ($)	CLOSE PRICE ($)	GAIN / LOSS (%)
WIRE	Global X Copper ETF	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	28/04/2026	20.98	23.4	11.54
MIN	Mineral Resources	Stop price hit for loss	High	Short	28/04/2026	62.19	59	-5.12
TPW	Temple & Webster	Stop price hit for loss	High	Short	13/04/2026	6.76	7.12	5.33
XRO	Xero Ltd	Stop price hit for loss	High	Short	09/04/2026	70.11	74.4	6.11
WTC	WiseTech Global	Stop price hit for loss	High	Short	30/03/2026	39.5	35.8	-9.36
EDV	Endeavour Group	Stop price hit for loss	High	Short	04/03/2026	3.82	3.75	-1.83
GQG	GQG Partners	Stop price hit for loss	High	Short	11/02/2026	1.65	1.59	-3.6
NIC	Nickel Industries	Stop price hit for loss	High	Short	06/02/2026	0.94	0.87	-7.45
TPW	Temple & Webster	Stop price hit for loss	High	Short	04/02/2026	12.45	11.5	-7.63
NVO US	Novo Nordisk	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	30/01/2026	50.5	59.27	17.37
WEB	WEB Travel Group	Stop price hit for loss	High	Short	29/01/2026	4.68	4.55	-2.78
XRO	Xero Ltd	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	30/12/2025	111.23	114.21	2.68
DMP	Dominos Pizza	Stop price hit	High	Short	23/12/2025	21.5	21.5	0
SFR	Sandfire Resources	Took profit	High	Short	22/12/2025	15.2	17.28	13.68
WTC	WiseTech Global	Stop price hit	High	Short	27/11/2025	66.5	65.7	-1.2
WDS	Woodside Energy	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	24/11/2025	24.4	25.31	3.73
SFR	Sandfire Resources	Stop price hit	High	Short	20/11/2025	16.09	15.58	-3.17
URNM	BetaShares Uranium ETF	Stop price hit	High	Short	17/10/2025	10.44	10.4	-0.3
WIRE	Global X Copper ETF	Stop price hit	High	Short	05/11/2025	18.75	18.1	-3
URNM	BetaShares Uranium ETF	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	17/10/2025	11.29	11.9	5
WIRE	Global X Copper ETF	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	13/10/2025	14.1	18.88	34
WHC	Whitehaven Coal Ltd	Stop price hit	High	Short	09/10/2025	6.68	6.42	-4
ACDC	Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	02/09/2025	91.25	104.8	15
FMG	Fortescue Ltd	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	26/08/2025	19.05	19.15	1
QRE	BetaShares Australian Resources ETF	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	29/07/2025	6.7	7.05	5
PDN	Paladin Energy	Stop price hit	High	Short	29/07/2025	6.8	6.45	-5
WHC	Whitehaven Coal Ltd	Stop price hit	High	Short	28/07/2025	6.15	6.64	7.97
URNM	BetaShares Uranium ETF	Took profit	High	Short	30/06/2025	7.5	9.15	22
WDS	Woodside Energy	Stop price hit for profit	High	Short	23/06/2025	23.05	24	4.12
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	25/03/2025	51.6	57.75	11.91
IEU	iShares European Equities ETF	Took profit	High	Short	25/03/2025	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

OPINION
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Opinions relating to short-term trades

04/05/2026 09:18

Shawn’s Trade Idea: Buy Insurance Australia Group (ASX:IAG) at $7.70

We discussed IAG a few weeks ago Here flagging a potential rally towards $9, following last weeks breakout to fresh 11-week highs the technical picture is confirming the set-up.

04/05/2026 09:17

Trading Ideas – Position Updates

We start the week with two open positions:

28/04/2026 09:09

Shawn’s Trade Idea: Buy Eagers Automotive Ltd (ASX:APE) at $23.20

APE has looked good through April being a major beneficiary of increasing EV sales which we discussed earlier in the month Here. The consolidation over the last few weeks, even as the ASX retreated, is a very encouraging sign for the bulls.

28/04/2026 09:08

Trading Ideas – Position Updates

Existing positions plus new and past trades can be found on the MM website Here.

20/04/2026 08:53

Trading Ideas – Position Updates

We start the week with two open positions and all previous resting bids cancelled: Long the Global X Copper Miners ETF (ASX:WIRE) at $20.98 with stops at $23.20. Long Xero Ltd (ASX:XRO) at $75.28 with stops at $77.40.

20/04/2026 08:52

Shawn’s Trade Idea: Buy Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) at $62.65

Mineral Resources looks great at the moment, targeting the $70 area, or ~10% above Fridays close. With this mornings potentially soft open we see an opportunity to “buy the dip” but with two long positions already in play we are placing our bid ~1.5% below Fridays close, remembering this can be a volatile stock.

14/04/2026 09:42

Shawn’s Trade Idea: Buy Xero Ltd (ASX:XRO) at $76.00

We are cancelling yesterdays unfilled bids in PME and WTC and instead looking to “pay up” for Xero in what’s likely to be a strong opening. With an initial target of ~$90 we are keen to get set this morning.

13/04/2026 09:37

Shawn’s Trade Idea: Buy Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME) at $107.40

This bid in PME is similar to WTC in logic but due to the stock’s volatility we have placed our bid significantly lower, effectively buying a second wave of weakness in the ASX software names if we see panic early this week.

13/04/2026 09:37

Shawn’s Trade Idea: Buy WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) at $35.25

We were stopped out of XRO for a profit last week as the software space came under renewed selling after Anthropic launched Claude Managed Agents and Meta unveiled a new AI model. These chapters of AI news will undoubtedly keep coming but our view is the rerating across the software sector has run its course and the next ~20-25% move at least for WTC is on the upside after US peers made fresh 2025 lows on Friday night - initially we are looking to buy a new low in WTC but this may change during the week.

13/04/2026 09:36

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 . If trades are updated through the week, these updates will be flagged as an alert on the home page of the website. Separate emails or SMS messages will not be sent for Shawn's Trade Ideas. The ideas are General in nature only.