Ethereum (ETH) is 1032.2× the size of Decred (DCR) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, DCR is ahead by 43.7 percentage points (DCR +2.6% against ETH -41.1%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.29 across 399 shared trading days). DCR has been the more volatile of the two, at 125% annualised against ETH's 65%.
| Period | DCR | ETH | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +8.32% | +4.23% | DCR |
| 30 days | +41.56% | +13.15% | DCR |
| 90 days | +52.31% | +54.23% | ETH |
| 1 year | +2.65% | -41.08% | DCR |
| Metric | DCR | ETH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -75.5% | -67.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.66 | 0.97 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +136.9% | +34.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -53.6% | -44.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ETH outperformed DCR by 1.2% — measured on the DCR/ETH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.
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.