Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is 15.9× the size of Bitcoin SV (BSV) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move very closely together (correlation 0.90 across 58 shared trading days). BSV has been the more volatile of the two, at 102% annualised against BCH's 78%.
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0.90over 58 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 | BSV | BCH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -23.3% | -70.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.10 | 0.27 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +34.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -56.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BCH outperformed BSV by 18.1% — measured on the BSV/BCH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.