Litecoin (LTC) is 19490.4× the size of GraphLinq Chain (GLQ) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, LTC is ahead by 61.9 percentage points (GLQ -95.9% against LTC -34.0%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.35 across 373 shared trading days). GLQ has been the more volatile of the two, at 125% annualised against LTC's 62%.
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0.35over 373 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 | GLQ | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -96.7% | -67.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.39 | 0.38 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +52.5% | +45.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -69.9% | -39.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LTC outperformed GLQ by 75.0% — measured on the GLQ/LTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.