NTHCHAIN (NTH) and Bitcoin (BTC) compared side by side. Over the past 1 year, BTC is ahead by 29.6 percentage points (NTH -57.0% against BTC -27.3%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.20 across 363 shared trading days). NTH has been the more volatile of the two, at 179% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.20over 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 | NTH | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -93.3% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.31 | 0.51 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: NTH outperformed BTC by 21.6% — measured on the NTH/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.