Cardano (ADA) is 1.7× the size of Litecoin (LTC) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, LTC is ahead by 27.8 percentage points (ADA -65.6% against LTC -37.9%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.78 across 399 shared trading days). ADA has been the more volatile of the two, at 78% annualised against LTC's 62%.
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0.78over 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 | ADA | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -83.5% | -67.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.01 | 0.32 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +38.4% | +45.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -42.7% | -39.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LTC outperformed ADA by 17.0% — measured on the ADA/LTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.