Whenever you hear the rumour of any hardfork, you should know that it is meant to pump the coin that is to be forked. So, if you want to partake in it, buy it while the price is still low at the time of the rumour and do not hesitate to sell when it pumps, else whales most especially will dump on you.
Avoid being carried away by the news of hardfork.
It is a trend and that will always happen to every forked coin.
Just my candid advise!!!
I also heard about that and I see that it is quite right with some hard-fork before. But I am afraid the situation will no longer easy to guess because whales also know what we are thinking