Stellar (XLM) is 365.9× the size of Chromia (CHR) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, XLM is ahead by 35.8 percentage points (CHR -77.4% against XLM -41.7%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.49 across 399 shared trading days). CHR has been the more volatile of the two, at 98% annualised against XLM's 78%.
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0.49over 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 | CHR | XLM |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -86.3% | -64.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.23 | -0.02 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +81.2% | +63.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -54.8% | -39.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CHR outperformed XLM by 25.0% — measured on the CHR/XLM ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.