Delusional Optimism vs Tether

Tether (USDT) is 2419623.3× the size of Delusional Optimism (DELUSIONAL) by market capitalisation. Over the past 30 days, USDT is ahead by 33.4 percentage points (DELUSIONAL -33.4% against USDT -0.0%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.17 across 24 shared trading days). DELUSIONAL has been the more volatile of the two, at 78% annualised against USDT's 1%.

Correlation: 0.17
Size ratio: 1 : 2419623.3
Ahead over 30 days: USDT

Delusional OptimismDELUSIONAL

$7.370e-5

24h: —
Market cap: $73,684
Volume 24h: $4
Volatility (ann.): 78%

TetherUSDT

$0.999517

24h: +0.05%
Market cap: $178.29B
Volume 24h: $56.20B
Volatility (ann.): 1%

DELUSIONAL 0.0%Share of the two combined market caps100.0% USDT

Performance

DELUSIONALUSDT

7 days-11.99%+0.03%USDT
30 days-33.42%-0.04%USDT

Correlation

0.17over 24 shared trading days

−1 opposite0 unrelated+1 in step

7d: insufficient data30d: insufficient data90d: insufficient data1y: insufficient data

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.

Risk & extremes

Metric	DELUSIONAL	USDT
Max drawdown (400d)	-34.4%	-0.2%
Risk-adjusted return (90d)	-0.39	0.03

Relative strength over 90 days: USDT outperformed DELUSIONAL by 21.4% — measured on the DELUSIONAL/USDT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.

Delusional Optimism →Tether →