Tether Gold (XAUT) is 6245.3× the size of MoonDog AI (MDOGAI) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.01 across 25 shared trading days). MDOGAI has been the more volatile of the two, at 7861% annualised against XAUT's 24%.
MDOGAIXAUT
-0.01over 25 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 | MDOGAI | XAUT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -99.5% | -19.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.01 | -0.36 |
Relative strength over 90 days: XAUT outperformed MDOGAI by 64.9% — measured on the MDOGAI/XAUT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.