Litecoin (LTC) is 18.7× the size of Decred (DCR) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, LTC is ahead by 15.7 percentage points (DCR -53.6% against LTC -37.9%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.20 across 399 shared trading days). DCR has been the more volatile of the two, at 125% annualised against LTC's 62%.
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0.20over 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 | DCR | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -75.5% | -67.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.03 | 0.32 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +82.5% | +45.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -53.6% | -39.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LTC outperformed DCR by 17.9% — measured on the DCR/LTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.