There is no real difference when it comes to selling at $970 and $1000 but still people want to grab that extra ~$30... Either way, I think we are heading towards sub $900 prices again within 7 days.
Support at $950 looks quite strong so i doubt that price will go under $900 anytime soon. And talking about $30 price difference it may not count much if you are selling 1-2 bitcoin but for elite traders even $1 matters because they will be dealing with thousands of bitcoin.
I don't think this price rally have lost its momentum, rally may continue for few more days/weeks.
I share your opinion,price is now around 960$ on most west exchanges and this pump/rally is not over yet.We see that is easy to go down for some 30$,but it is also easy to return to a previous value.This year holidays have no negative impact on price as it was the previous years.
At some point correction probably will happen and price will go down,since this is BTC it is to hard to predict how low we can go.In my opinion it depends how many coins some whales will dump on the market.