and in speculation news: are we going up? are we going down?
by next wednesday april 12th at whatever time this post is made, i think we will be up
Are you referring to the upcoming hard fork? That's scheduled for the 15th.
Is there really a coming hard fork on Monero?
You need to understand when there is a hard fork it is to add to the code base or fix bugs,
Monero NEVER CHANGES the blockchain!
Hardforrk that change the blockchain are the things you must worry about as they can change balances which destroys a coins reason to exist.