Litecoin (LTC) is 87.9× the size of Manadia (UMXM) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.04 across 46 shared trading days). UMXM has been the more volatile of the two, at 247% annualised against LTC's 62%.
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0.04over 46 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 | UMXM | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -89.0% | -67.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.36 | 0.32 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +45.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -39.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LTC outperformed UMXM by 89.4% — measured on the UMXM/LTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.