- BTC price will go up directly before the fork because everyone wants some free BCC.
- BTC price will go down directly before the fork because forks are kind of scary.
Which one do you think?
Logically speaking, the first option is probably not going to happen. It's either going to be the price is going to stay where it is right now, or more likely in my opinion, the price is going to go down due to people panicking about the situation.
Why? Because you're actually not getting anything free from getting the BCC. Currently, the bitcoin price is already bitcoin core + bitcoin cash combined if you get what i'm saying. After the chain split, bitcoin + bcc is going to equal to 1 "whole" bitcoin. So if you don't claim your BCC, you're in a loss. If you do, you don't gain anything, you're just breaking even.
But as i said, people are emotional beings and they are definitely going to panic. I think that a $200 adjustment or perhaps even more could be possible tomorrow.