in regards to the highs of July, I don't see steem ever getting back that high, I think the perfect price for steem is $1, and a good buy price is 25 cents, it can go to $2 or more but wont stay at that price for long. With 2000 active users now, steemit is just a fetus,  with more users the the price can go up without any changes the current inflation rate. Improvements in user experience plus better distribution of voting power with curation guilds.. that's all steemit needs to see happen for the next 3 months