Bitcoin (BTC) is 1495996.9× the size of BitcoinBam (BTCBAM) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, BTCBAM is ahead by 67.3 percentage points (BTCBAM +39.9% against BTC -27.3%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.02 across 365 shared trading days). BTCBAM has been the more volatile of the two, at 54% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.02over 365 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 | BTCBAM | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -30.8% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.16 | 0.51 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed BTCBAM by 13.1% — measured on the BTCBAM/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.