Edcoin (EDC) and Bitcoin (BTC) compared side by side. Their daily returns move very closely together (correlation 0.97 across 31 shared trading days). EDC has been the more volatile of the two, at 110% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.97over 31 shared trading days
Measured on daily returns rather than on prices. Two assets that both simply trend upward score near 1.0 on raw prices whether or not they move together, so returns are what answer the question people mean by correlation.
| Metric | EDC | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -16.7% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.20 | 0.63 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: EDC outperformed BTC by 10.9% — measured on the EDC/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.