i think the value of the coin will increase in few days bcoz the last year at the same time the value of the coin was about $18000 dollars
so i have a positive feeling of increase of the coin
That was last December, Bitcoin was forked during that time which helped the price to reach $18,000.
You are correct that the fork too helped the increase because it was just about bitcoin fork in almost all the media. Again, we had much volatility last year compared to this year that has seen so much of sluggish movements and not building hope in the mind of investors.
2016 ending gave an insight to how price could go in 2017 and just as we approached 2017, February and to December were filled with expectations. Nothing like that this year. I will even doubt we can get to $12,000 by the end of the year.