Tether (USDT) is 4589.3× the size of LAB (LAB) by market capitalisation. Over the past 30 days, USDT is ahead by 34.4 percentage points (LAB -34.4% against USDT +0.0%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.20 across 26 shared trading days). LAB has been the more volatile of the two, at 256% annualised against USDT's 0%.
| Period | LAB | USDT | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | -16.93% | -0.01% | USDT |
| 30 days | -34.40% | +0.05% | USDT |
| Metric | LAB | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -46.6% | -0.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.13 | 0.19 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDT outperformed LAB by 41.9% — measured on the LAB/USDT 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.