USDC (USDC) is 5820740.7× the size of Based Troll (TROLL) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.08 across 33 shared trading days). TROLL has been the more volatile of the two, at 64% annualised against USDC's 0%.
TROLLUSDC
-0.08over 33 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 | TROLL | USDC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -21.9% | -0.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.33 | 0.01 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +0.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -0.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDC outperformed TROLL by 20.9% — measured on the TROLL/USDC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.