Cardano (ADA) is 1.2× the size of Stellar (XLM) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, XLM is ahead by 24.0 percentage points (ADA -65.6% against XLM -41.7%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.66 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 78% annualised.
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0.66over 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 | XLM |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -83.5% | -64.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.01 | -0.02 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +38.4% | +63.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -42.7% | -39.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ADA outperformed XLM by 1.0% — measured on the ADA/XLM ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.