Bitcoin (BTC) is 4809.7× the size of Kinesis Gold (KAU) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.69 across 30 shared trading days). BTC has been the more volatile of the two, at 44% annualised against KAU's 29%.
| Period | KAU | BTC | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | -2.36% | +5.14% | BTC |
| 30 days | -2.63% | +11.26% | BTC |
| 90 days | — | +28.33% | — |
| 1 year | — | -29.73% | — |
| Metric | KAU | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -8.1% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.09 | 0.74 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed KAU by 19.0% — measured on the KAU/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.
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.