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RE: Is there anybody that can explain to me clearly which factors influence the price of 1 STEEM and WHY?
Between traders and new coins coming out the price could dive down greatly. Investors are really your key area and I know when Steem hit $2 a pop it seems like many whales cashed out and we are just seeing those effects now as it takes a few weeks to power down. I do expect to see a downtrend here for a while longer as the power downs continue to roll in.
I see, but what is the influence of new users coming into the platform. Everybody is raving about the new records for daily created accounts etc., but in what why does the amount of new user accounts influence the price of 1 STEEM? (I.e. is it correct to say that new users coming into STEEM is positive for the price of STEEM, and if so, WHY?).
The action on the trading floors of the exchanges determine the price of steem. However, they don't tell you everything that is going on there...
You see orders for steem at different prices appearing and disappearing in the Order Book, but you probably will not see the actual match up of Bid and Ask orders that show as the Last sale. You will, however, see the "Spread" between Bids and Asks; the highest Bid and lowest Ask.
On securities markets, matching up of orders is handled by Specialists who "make" the market. I can't answer for how it is done on cryptocurrency exchanges because that has not been revealed to me. Nevertheless someone or a computer has to match up the orders and close the trades. Furthermore, if someone buys or sells a large number of units of steem, they won't do it publicly. They go behind the public's back and sneak it in secretly in order to not move the market significantly and thereby maintain a stable, less volatile market.
So to discover the immediate cause of the price change of steem, you need to determine who or what is matching up Bids with Asks (Buys with Sells) and closing the deal. At that point you will see who or what is "making the market." Supply and demand are general factors, but the actual price of steem is instantaneous and posted as the Last sale. Reporting of the Last sale gets delayed and it may be minutes before you actually know that number, and by that time other trades have transpired, perhaps on other markets, making the "Last" price outdated.
In summary, you need to go to an exchange (a private business) and investigate for yourself to determine the exact point where a "Trade" is made. Then you will know why the price of steem went up or down - It is because the "Market Maker" made it that way!
I hope this helped...