I dont know how high it will go but that is how low it will go. Just a humble call made purely via pattern extrapolation. Since you so strongly believe it will not happen, that is exactly why it's going to happen. I have no further arguments.
A dip of $3k won't break too many hearts. It is just going down to where we were a month back. What also matters is when this dip occurs. If the retrace is from $20k to $17k, I would care two hoots about it.
The debut of Bitcoin futures should be interesting. Let us see if short-sellers get involved.