MicroStrategy's Legendary 13-Week BTC Buying Streak Finally Dies — But MSTR Pumps Anyway Because Bitcoin Said So

Strategy (MSTR) bounced 6.31% from its recent low after a bullish RSI divergence flashed on the 4-hour chart, even as the company broke a 13-week Bitcoin buying streak that had defined its treasury playbook. The bounce mirrors three prior divergence-driven rallies since December, but each one has been progressively smaller. The reason shows up in the Chaikin Money Flow, which has fallen deeper below zero with each attempt. With Bitcoin up 3% at press time and a 0.93 rolling 7-day correlation tethering the Strategy stock price to $BTC, the next move depends on whether external momentum can compensate for fading institutional conviction in the stock itself. Spoiler: the institutions are ghosting harder than a Celsius creditor at a meetup.

Each Divergence Bounce Gets Smaller as Institutional Money Fades

The 4-hour chart shows a bullish divergence between December 1 and March 31. Price printed a lower low while the Relative Strength Index (RSI), a momentum indicator that measures the speed of price changes, printed a higher low. That pattern has triggered MicroStrategy price bounces three times since February 2026, but the trajectory is telling. The first divergence, between December 1 and February 12, produced a 24.52% rally. At that time, the Chaikin Money Flow (CMF), a volume-weighted indicator tracking institutional buying and selling pressure, sat above the zero line. Large amounts of money were flowing into MSTR stock alongside the price move. The second divergence, through March 12, produced a 14.72% bounce. CMF had dropped to the zero line and was beginning to slip below it. The third, through March 23, managed only 7.07% with CMF well below zero. The current MSTR bounce of 6.31% is unfolding with CMF at -0.34, its deepest negative reading in this entire sequence. The pattern is clear. Each time RSI divergence triggers a bounce, the rally delivers less upside because institutional capital is not backing the move. The divergence provides a technical spark, but without CMF confirmation, the spark burns shorter each time. It's like watching someone try to pump a flat tire with an increasingly smaller hand pump — eventually you just accept the walk of shame.

As bullish divergences appear at swing lows, the newest one formed post-Strategy's decision to pause its Bitcoin purchases. Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy bought no bitcoin last week, breaking a 13-week buying streak. The company did not buy $BTC during the week of March 30, ending a 13-week consecutive buying streak. Since that announcement, the Strategy stock price dropped approximately 9.51% before the current divergence-led bounce began. Nothing says "we're still committed to the Bitcoin strategy" quite like... not buying Bitcoin. But hey, at least they're consistent in being inconsistent.

Bitcoin's 0.93 Correlation Is a Lifeline for Strategy Shares and a Risk

Despite the fading internal momentum courtesy of weak institutional moves, MSTR stock retains one powerful external driver. BeInCrypto's correlation analysis shows a rolling 7-day correlation of 0.93 between Strategy's stock price and Bitcoin as of March 31. The 30-day correlation stands at 0.91 and the 90-day at 0.92. That near-perfect short-term correlation means Bitcoin's 3% gain at press time is directly supporting the bounce possibility on April 1. However, the correlation is a double-edged sword. If Bitcoin corrects, the MSTR stock price will almost certainly follow. And with CMF already at -0.34, the stock has less internal buying support to absorb a $BTC-driven sell-off than it did during any of the three prior divergence bounces. Basically, MSTR is riding Bitcoin's coattails so hard it's basically wearing them as a cape. When BTC sneezes, MSTR catches pneumonia.

Strategy Stock Price Needs $128 to Keep the Bounce Alive

The 4-hour Strategy price chart frames the levels that