Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is 1.0× the size of Stellar (XLM) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, BCH is ahead by 1.1 percentage points (BCH -44.3% against XLM -45.4%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.42 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 79% annualised.
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0.42over 399 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 | BCH | XLM |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -70.9% | -64.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.26 | -0.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +34.0% | +63.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -56.8% | -39.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BCH outperformed XLM by 33.8% — measured on the BCH/XLM ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.