Bitcoin (BTC) is 128997318.4× the size of CoTrader (COT) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.35 across 190 shared trading days). COT has been the more volatile of the two, at 146% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.35over 190 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 | COT | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -94.0% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.45 | 0.42 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed COT by 91.5% — measured on the COT/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.