ETC is having it's protocol upgrade / fork today, in approx 7 hours (google ECIP2017 for more info). The purpose of this fork is NOT a new coin (which is why we may see a very short flash crash), but a scarification and mining cap of ETC. I believe a good part is already priced in, but we have potential for further up in the next quarter
Fundamentally speaking, potential is here. ETC has a dedicated team, and is learning from ETH's professionalism, while having a lot more room to grow. Overall, ETCETH chart is showing signs of reversal (see next update for chart). It is aimed at a different market than ETH, and while the target for etc is actually half of eth's, the signs of reversal of ETCETH is telling me we might see a XRP / XLM rerun with the same decoupling of a sister coins. More or less a "half or quintuple your profits". Which is why I and some of my clients have been diversifying into ETC.
In the short term, the dollar value will directly depend on BTC's behavior, especially to futures and new year's sellout (book gains on new fiscal year), as it is directly in the middle of the channel, and accumulating above resistance. I expect the move to be sharp, but I am in since quite some time, and if you follow my other ideas, added ETC on dip after banking on ETH and then vice versa (trading ETCETH), which allowed me to almost double my overall crypto position, split in both without adding any new fiat.
Risk reward is amazing in both BTC and USD value
If you have no position, try adding **slowly** around now, as the buying opportunity has passed and with a stop loss to not hold bags. I expect to see a rerun of my XMR analysis
Stay frosty