Well to me it seams that XMR is pretty much tied to the USD value, and therefore every step up bitcoin makes (pricewise) will be a step back on the XMR/BTC pair.
That rise to 0.025 is something that could have been used to gain a nice stack by xmr holders, but if u failed to do so, i really doubt there will be similar chance anymore.
That is right. I think the Monero price is unrelated to the bitcoin. There are two different usage for either coin.