Bitcoin (BTC) is 11827991.4× the size of CoinBuck (BUCK) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.30 across 57 shared trading days). BUCK has been the more volatile of the two, at 248% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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-0.30over 57 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 | BUCK | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -99.7% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.40 | 0.63 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed BUCK by 99.5% — measured on the BUCK/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.