Markets to really Watch in 2020 - Tradeview Markets

The first 10 days of 2020 have come and gone. The holiday fat has been burned, New Year's resolutions set and ready to be broken. Towards the end of 2019 we saw many predictions of markets to watch in the new year. With those predictions, a lot was not factored in. Within the last week we have seen the true tone set for what may "really" happen in the upcoming months, which leads us to creating a list of markets and storylines which could be interesting for traders to pay attention to.

Here at Tradeview we track many of these markets on our various platforms, and analyse them daily using our social platform, TradeGateHub which launches next Wednesday.

 

Fundamental Analysis - Top storylines

The Iran / US story has been the main storyline which has escalated from last year, with some thinking we are on the brink of full scale boots on the ground. Now with claims that Iran is responsible for the shooting down of a civilian airliner, could Nato further back the US if hostilities rise? If so, how much fear would enter markets.

Staying with the US, Trump's pending impeachment, The US 2020 elections and of course the situation with the trade war with China seems no better. Pertaining to the trade war, we are none the closer to an actual agreement. One will eventually come as most of us believe, however could China use the above tensions as a means to attempt to seal a deal which is more beneficial to them. What may that look like, and how would markets react?

Brexit now and the UK finally in a position where parliament pushes through the withdrawal bill proposed by PM Boris Johnson, fresh off his majority election victory. However will the EU now play ball, or will a no-deal Brexit be the only way out? What would this road mean for the European markets and EURGBP?

With all the above, the situation with Hong Kong remains uncertain, South America seems to be in the midst of revolution, and climate crisis a ongoing discussion. From an human perspective, uncertainty would create fear, however these fears will create trading opportunities for those ready to take advantage. So what markets should be watched?

 

Top 3 markets to watch

1. Gold

As the world's safe haven currency, Gold last week reached an almost 10-year high, trading at $1611. The last time Gold hit that price from the position of a bull run, it went on to reach close to $2000 per ounce during the now infamous 2009 global crash. If any of the listed fundamentals spiralled out of control, could we see history repeat itself, with further gains in Gold?

XAU/USD - monthy chart - via Tradeview MT4

2. CrudeOil

2019 saw Crude trade in a range of $52 - $58. The attack on the Saudi Oil field saw it rise to as high as $63, as fears of supply shortages were expected. However the intervention of Trump, tweeting that the US would make up for any shortage, saw the rise in price swiftly ended, with a $12 bear run to $51. Recently fresh fears from the Middle-east saw prices rise again, could these heightened tensions mean we may be looking at a new range, $59 - $63 for 2020? With rises to $70 a possibility?

CrudeOil - Weekly chart - via Tradeview MT4

3. GBP/USD

As we go into the fourth year since the UK decided to leave the EU, 2020 looks as though it may be the year we finally see this happen. With GBPUSD rising to as high as $1.35 on the news of Boris winning with a majority government, could the actual ending of this storyline see both EU and UK markets rally? The weekly chart below shows that we are at a resistance of $1.32, however if we see history repeated and resistance broken like we did in January of 2019, could we see a run to the next resistance level of $1.42 in 2020?

GBP/USD - Weekly chart - via Tradeview MT4

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