When does a potential crisis become an actual crisis, and how and why does it happen?  Why did most everyone believe there were no problems in the US economies in 2006?

In this week's video Peter Reznicek reminds us that market tops are often long drawn out affairs with lots of stops and starts. The rise in volatility will make for good long trades as well as shorts.

How is trading like football?  Boris Schlossberg explains.

The first modern competition between gold and paper money ended like the pre-modern ones.

The Dollar Index (DXY) continues to strengthen, which is making life difficult for gold and the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD).

Download Adrian Manz's Around The Horn Intraday Trading Plan PDF for January 29.

Dr. Adrian Manz analyzes the major markets, stock sectors, and individual stocks for January 29.

Dr. Julie Peterson-Manz reviews the Around The Horn stock action for January 28, and presents trade ideas that still have the possibility of triggering for January 29.

Dave Landry takes a one-minute look at the stock market in his video for January 29.

Until the major averages reverse back above the hourly downtrend lines, the path of least resistance remains to the downside. Further selling in the S&P 500 could lead to a test of the October or November lows around 1,030.