Deutsche Mark (DDM) and USDS (USDS) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.09 across 34 shared trading days). DDM has been the more volatile of the two, at 3% annualised against USDS's 1%.
DDMUSDS
0.09over 34 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 | DDM | USDS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -0.8% | -0.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.30 | 0.01 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDS outperformed DDM by 0.9% — measured on the DDM/USDS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.