MSTRUSDT Slips 0.11% This Week: 18 of 35 Weekly Samples Were Stronger

MSTRUSDT closed the week at 164.66 USDT, a weekly move of -0.11%, a decline of 0.11%. Over the same stretch, Square discussion around Strategy's market-cap ranking reached 33 posts and 3,696 views. Put together, the Binance US-equity USDT-margined perpetual did not follow the topic higher: the weekly close sits below the weekly open of 164.84 USDT.

Where each day closed

Date	open (USDT)	close (USDT)	Change
2026-09-29	157.37	155.93	-0.92%
2026-09-30	155.93	153.44	-1.6%
2026-10-01	153.43	161.22	5.08%
2026-10-02	161.23	160.34	-0.55%
2026-10-03	160.35	163.39	1.9%
2026-10-04	163.39	164.85	0.89%
2026-10-05	164.84	164.35	-0.3%
2026-10-06	164.35	164.66	0.19%

Two days stand out. On 2026-10-01 the open was 153.43 USDT and the close 161.22 USDT, a 5.08% gain, the only clearly positive body in the run, lifting the price off the 153.44 USDT close of 2026-09-30. On the other side, 2026-09-30 opened at 155.93 USDT and closed at 153.44 USDT, a decline of 1.6%, the largest drop in the table.

The rest of the week moved in a narrow band. 2026-10-03 gained 1.9% and 2026-10-04 gained 0.89%, pushing the price to 164.85 USDT, then 2026-10-05 slipped 0.3% to 164.35 USDT and 2026-10-06 added 0.19% to 164.66 USDT. After the 2026-10-01 candle, price did not open more room; it churned between 164.85 USDT and 164.35 USDT. The weekly open of 164.84 USDT and the latest close of 164.66 USDT are close together, which is where the -0.11% weekly figure comes from.

Where this week ranks among 35 samples

The weekly sample for MSTRUSDT is 35, and 18 weeks were stronger than this one. A -0.11% week sits in the lower-middle of the sample: not the worst, but far from strong.

Stronger week start	open (USDT)	close (USDT)	Change
2026-04-13	126.82	162.83	28.39%
2026-06-29	82.37	107.3	30.27%
2026-08-17	93.83	120.7	28.64%
2026-09-14	128.73	156.55	21.61%
2026-08-31	127.52	146.71	15.05%
2026-03-09	129.72	141.12	8.79%
2026-05-04	176.49	191.3	8.39%
2026-08-03	94.5	101.94	7.87%
2026-04-20	162.85	172.67	6.03%
2026-08-24	120.71	127.52	5.64%
2026-06-08	124.81	131.51	5.37%
2026-02-09	129.99	134.24	3.27%
2026-04-06	122.98	126.82	3.12%
2026-09-21	156.54	160.93	2.8%
2026-09-28	160.93	164.85	2.44%
2026-04-27	172.67	176.46	2.19%
2026-07-13	95.11	95.85	0.78%
2026-03-02	129.7	129.72	0.02%

The strongest weeks are 2026-06-29 at 30.27%, 2026-08-17 at 28.64%, 2026-04-13 at 28.39% and 2026-09-14 at 21.61%. In those weeks open and close were far apart, such as 82.37 USDT to 107.3 USDT on 2026-06-29 and 93.83 USDT to 120.7 USDT on 2026-08-17. Further down, 2026-08-31 at 15.05%, 2026-03-09 at 8.79% and 2026-05-04 at 8.39% also beat this week clearly. The tail of the table is milder: 2026-07-13 at 0.78% and 2026-03-02 at 0.02%. This week's -0.11% does not even reach those two, because it is negative. MSTRUSDT listed on 2026-02-09, so the sample is only 35 weeks, and several large weekly moves already appear in it. A week hugging zero sits in the quiet bucket, not the bucket where capital concentrates.

What the hot posts argue

Square hot posts argue that Strategy's market-cap ranking rise is itself worth watching, with discussion at the level of 33 posts and 3,696 views (relayed, not this site's view). They tie the ranking to MSTRUSDT funding and sentiment, reasoning that higher attention at the listed-company level may show up in the perpetual. This week's data does not show that linkage in price: -0.11% weekly, daily churn between 164.85 USDT and 164.35 USDT, no follow-through after the 5.08% candle on 2026-10-01. The post view is a narrative judgment, not a confirmed fact; whether price follows can only be read from later daily closes.

Three plain facts

Gaps deserve thought first. MSTRUSDT is a US-equity USDT-margined perpetual, so its underlying trading hours differ from crypto, and the opening price gap can be wider than on regular coins; on 2026-10-01 the open of 153.43 USDT sat against the prior close of 153.44 USDT, but that is not every day. High leverage is hardest in a flat week: from 164.84 USDT to 164.66 USDT the range is small, and daily moves like 0.19% and 0.3% repeat, so leverage magnifies the cost of being swept rather than the opportunity. Funding also counts as holding cost: when price does not move, funding still settles, and a position against the funding direction can bleed even with a flat mark. And the best week is a conclusion in hindsight: 30.27% on 2026-06-29 and 28.64% on 2026-08-17 were only known afterward.

Fees

The Binance contract default maker fee is 0.02% and the default taker fee is 0.05%. After the 20% rebate, the paid maker fee is 0.016% and the paid taker fee is 0.04%. In a week of back-and-forth daily moves like this one, the maker-versus-taker difference is amplified by trading frequency, and the paid tiers above sit below the default tiers. The higher the frequency, the more directly fees affect the result, which is easier to overlook in a flat week than in a trending one.

Source: https://fapi.binance.com/fapi/v1/exchangeInfo

Data as of 2026-10-07; source: Binance official API. Not investment advice.

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