USDS (USDS) is 42888.4× the size of Friend.tech (FRIEND) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.12 across 34 shared trading days). FRIEND has been the more volatile of the two, at 60% annualised against USDS's 1%.
FRIENDUSDS
0.12over 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 | FRIEND | USDS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -17.5% | -0.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.26 | 0.01 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDS outperformed FRIEND by 15.6% — measured on the FRIEND/USDS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.