The Fork happens because of the war right now that is happening within the Bitcoin, i am hoping that this will be the last fork that can happen because i think with an absurd price of Bitcoin though it is a good thing for user who have Bitcoin but it will be hard for beginners to get a hold of a coin if the price is too much and price always pumps because of the fork.
Well as lowly traders we may say that we are not really affected by this fork but as a miner it is a good oppurunity to make easy mining with bitcoin. Hard forks is just to recognize old blocks from the network and if you are a miner, it is not just a new coin will be mined but also new apps will be made easy for the hardfork.