Stellar (XLM) is 9150.4× the size of CANA Holdings California Carbon Credits (CANA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.08 across 33 shared trading days). CANA has been the more volatile of the two, at 127% annualised against XLM's 78%.
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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 | CANA | XLM |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -27.0% | -64.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.02 | -0.02 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +63.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -39.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CANA outperformed XLM by 6.2% — measured on the CANA/XLM ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.