It appears that after some considerable cooling off, exchanges have managed to work out the kinks and we have some consistent trading patterns re-emerging. It appears that 17k is the accepted ceiling for now by bulls/bears. Bears seem to be coordinating their run for this ceiling, then pushing hard to drive down the price. Unfortunately (for them), there's simply too many people still looking to get into the market, with anything under 16k looking like a great bargain.
I predict that 17k will be the ceiling for new, and that resistance will not be broken until either a segment of the sleeping market wakes up (which might be around this time actually!), or manipulators switch sides to temporarily inflate the price (unlikely, too many people want to jump in!). That being said, it seems like 16k is accepted as the new normal, and anything below that will trigger a buying frenzy. Thoughts?