Yes , if the price of steem drops , so does your rewards ! If your lucky the price goes back up before your 7 days cut off is reached ! Then after 7 days you can claim your rewards at the top of your page in your wallet ! The price and payouts will always fluctuate with the market ! As long as steem keeps going up , which it is starting to do right now , and is projected to keep doing , so will your rewards !! Post your best articles when steem is going up !! Good luck !! 👍👍👍 And welcome to Steemit !!