Tether (USDT) is 49661.9× the size of AXT (bStocks Tokenized Stock) (AXTIB) by market capitalisation. Over the past 30 days, USDT is ahead by 4.9 percentage points (AXTIB -4.9% against USDT +0.0%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.01 across 31 shared trading days). AXTIB has been the more volatile of the two, at 194% annualised against USDT's 0%.
| Period | AXTIB | USDT | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +7.99% | -0.01% | AXTIB |
| 30 days | -4.86% | +0.05% | USDT |
| Metric | AXTIB | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -41.4% | -0.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.15 | 0.19 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDT outperformed AXTIB by 29.4% — measured on the AXTIB/USDT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.
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.