Dogecoin (DOGE) is 208137.1× the size of Gold (GOLD) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.26 across 29 shared trading days). DOGE has been the more volatile of the two, at 70% annualised against GOLD's 51%.
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0.26over 29 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 | GOLD | DOGE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -23.5% | -74.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.26 | 0.17 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +34.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -41.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: GOLD outperformed DOGE by 6.3% — measured on the GOLD/DOGE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.