LUSD (LUSD) and Tether (USDT) compared side by side. Over the past 30 days, LUSD is ahead by 1.5 percentage points (LUSD +1.4% against USDT -0.1%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.27 across 20 shared trading days). LUSD has been the more volatile of the two, at 82% annualised against USDT's 1%.
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0.27over 20 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 | LUSD | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -12.2% | -0.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.02 | -0.03 |
Relative strength over 90 days: LUSD outperformed USDT by 3.4% — measured on the LUSD/USDT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.