PalmPay (PALM) and Tether (USDT) compared side by side. Over the past 30 days, PALM is ahead by 108.0 percentage points (PALM +108.0% against USDT -0.1%). Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.23 across 23 shared trading days). PALM has been the more volatile of the two, at 502% annualised against USDT's 1%.
PALMUSDT
-0.23over 23 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 | PALM | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -31.4% | -0.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.22 | -0.03 |
Relative strength over 90 days: PALM outperformed USDT by 100.1% — measured on the PALM/USDT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.