I think there will be very big correction just after this fork but my speculation can go wrong if there are lots of other hidden reasons behind this year long big pump.
There are no hidden reasons behind this increase. It's just a combination of several factors, from which the most important aspect is the increased demand. I however think that we're past the level of seeing prices that are purely the result of the demand -- speculation makes up 25% of the market at minimum, so it's safe to say that this factor is now what's boosting this market. We'll see how much of current price is left after the hard fork has been initiated. It's not just a miner thing -- it involves basically all entities being part of this ecosystem, so it's for sure the most important happening of the recent years.