Today is not a good day to be in the crypto markets, full stop.
Volume is anemic, and prices everywhere are sliding. Just get prepared mentally/emotionally for VTC to slide some more, mainly because Father Bitcoin is sick.
Remember, this coin was just born, and many many people (even miners) still have no idea what Vertcoin is yet. Don't focus on the price. Focus on building a good coin, responsive community, and good interfaces that Mom can use. Example: WE NEED AN SMS TIPBOT and should put up a bounty on vertcoinmarket.
Personally, I'm still mining VTC (have been off and on for weeks) and I'm getting ready to buy more VTC because this coin is a dark horse.  

To the devs: Bitcoin is perceived as weak because transaction ID's cannot be used as unique identifiers. If you guys can resolve this issue before the BTC devs roll out their fix (and they MUST fix this), it will distinguish VTC above all others. In fact, such a fix may become the standard for patching other coins. It's better to fork early in the coin's life than later. Thanks for listening.