IOTA (IOTA) is 8.4× the size of Chia (XCH) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.59 across 38 shared trading days). XCH has been the more volatile of the two, at 90% annualised against IOTA's 76%.
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0.59over 38 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 | XCH | IOTA |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -26.7% | -83.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.09 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +51.5% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -45.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: IOTA outperformed XCH by 1.8% — measured on the XCH/IOTA ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.