Litecoin (LTC) is 76.4× the size of Espresso (ESP) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.18 across 265 shared trading days). ESP has been the more volatile of the two, at 162% annualised against LTC's 62%.
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0.18over 265 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 | ESP | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -67.9% | -67.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.34 | 0.32 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +45.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -39.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ESP outperformed LTC by 7.6% — measured on the ESP/LTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.