Litecoin (LTC) is 468.4× the size of Lava Network (LAVA) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, LTC is ahead by 52.0 percentage points (LAVA -89.9% against LTC -37.9%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.16 across 373 shared trading days). LAVA has been the more volatile of the two, at 209% annualised against LTC's 62%.
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0.16over 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 | LAVA | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -94.5% | -67.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.08 | 0.32 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +97.5% | +45.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -57.4% | -39.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LTC outperformed LAVA by 24.1% — measured on the LAVA/LTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.