Litecoin (LTC) is 502.3× the size of MinoTari (Tari) (XTM) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, XTM is ahead by 30.7 percentage points (XTM -7.2% against LTC -37.9%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.18 across 363 shared trading days). XTM has been the more volatile of the two, at 208% annualised against LTC's 62%.
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0.18over 363 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 | XTM | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -95.6% | -67.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.17 | 0.32 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +45.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -39.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: XTM outperformed LTC by 138.1% — measured on the XTM/LTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.