FTX (FTT) and WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) compared side by side. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.37 across 45 shared trading days). FTT has been the more volatile of the two, at 99% annualised against WBT's 59%.
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0.37over 45 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 | FTT | WBT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -79.6% | -12.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.05 | 0.62 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +29.4% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -47.7% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: WBT outperformed FTT by 16.0% — measured on the FTT/WBT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.