{"id":43213,"date":"2025-08-20T17:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=43213"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:16:50","slug":"strategy-tumbles-below-200-day-moving-average-as-shares-continue-to-underperform-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=43213","title":{"rendered":"Strategy Tumbles Below 200-Day Moving Average as Shares Continue to Underperform Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Strategy (MSTR) fell to as low as $326 on Wednesday, trading about 4% below the 200-Day Moving Average (DMA) of $340, a key level markets watch for trading ideas. <\/p>\n<p>The indicator is a widely used technical measure that smooths out price data over roughly nine months of trading, helping investors identify long-term trends. When a stock trades above its 200-DMA, it is generally seen as being in an uptrend, while trading below it may signal potential weakness or a shift in momentum. Because of its role as a key support or resistance level, the 200-DMA is closely watched by both traders and long-term investors.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the 200-DMA has been a notable level of support for MSTR. <\/p>\n<p>For instance, in April 2025, during the so-called \u201cTrump tariff tantrum,\u201d the stock tested this level before rebounding. A similar pattern emerged during the summer of 2024, when MSTR once again found a floor around the 200-DMA before resuming its upward trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the current dip below this technical threshold proves temporary or signals a more sustained downturn will likely depend on both bitcoin\u2019s price action and broader market sentiment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sanity.io\/images\/s3y3vcno\/production\/342546129a237f9d5b8064f2caa84971ef83b2e8-1651x998.png?auto=format\" alt=\"MSTR 200 day moving average (TradingView)\" title=\"MSTR 200 day moving average (TradingView)\"><\/p>\n<h2>Chanos notches a win<\/h2>\n<p>Famed short-seller James Chanos <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MenthorQpro\/status\/1957109837717725475\">has been publicly bearish<\/a> on Strategy for a number of weeks, saying he&#8217;s opened up a sizable bet against the Michael Saylor-led company by shorting MSTR against a long in bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Of late, the trade has been looking like a winner, with MSTR lower by 21% over the past month compared to bitcoin&#8217;s very modest 3.5% decline.<\/p>\n<p>Market technician <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JC_ParetsX\/status\/1958166677054537835\">J.C. Parets noted on Wednesday<\/a> that the ratio between MSTR and IBIT (BlackRock&#8217;s spot bitcoin ETF) has now fallen to a five-month low. &#8220;This one is accelerating quickly,&#8221; said Parets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategy (MSTR) fell to as low as $326 on Wednesday, trading about 4% below the 200-Day Moving Average (DMA) of $340, a key level markets watch for trading ideas. The indicator is a widely used technical measure that smooths out price data over roughly nine months of trading, helping investors identify long-term trends. When a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-43213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}