I was a bit disappointed that I didn't buy on Nov 10th as I watched Bitcoin go down to 264.99 USD per coin on Coinbase at 11:36am EST, only to watch it rise back up to over 1k USD per coin soon after. I nearly bought at 277.60 USD per coin at 1:02pm EST, and again at 285.00 USD per coin at 3:24pm EST, but I hesitated. This is just another opportunity to buy cheap Bitcoin before it rises again IMHO, so this time I'll not hesitate.
Bitcoin is currently the leader in cryptocurrencies, and people tend to judge the value of other cryptocurrencies based on it, so yes, I think for the near future NXT will fluctuate with the value of Bitcoin.
A strength Nxt Coin has, as apposed to the alt-coins, is that it is not a fork of the Bitcoin code base. I think in order to decouple the price of Nxt Coin from Bitcoin, the differences must be highlighted in a friendly and easy to understand manner in order to build confidence in it.
The decentralized wallet is a huge strength Nxt Coin has over Bitcoin. My first thought when I learned I could access my wallet from anywhere with network connectivity, was "hell yeah, sign me up!"
Bitcoin has a nice video introduction that is easy to understand. Nxt Coin should have something similar.
But I digress; perhaps another thread would be more appropriate for further ramblings.