I hate to be the one to say I told you so........hit 500 at 3am. Don't get me wrong I've been interested in bitcoin for a while, and would love to get some, but even at 500 it's still too expensive. I will consider buying a small amount at 500, just to be in the game a bit, but realistically I wouldn't be dumping my savings or anything more than I would take with me to vegas for that matter. Because of the dramatic rise to 1200 with nothing not more than money makers making that happen due to the small about of existing coins.
The concept is simple but up all the coins cheap, drive the price up, sell when all the "consumer" buyers are saying it's gunna go to 10000, or a million. No that they have sold all the bit coins they have for huge profits, the rest of you are holding still holding the bag. Only time will tell, but with no security getting fiat in or out of bitcoin. People are going to stop buy and start selling.
I hate to say it, but I see the price below 500 this week, and not bouncing back to 1000 for a very, very long time.