Stellar (XLM) is 58.1× the size of Plume (PLUME) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, XLM is ahead by 32.3 percentage points (PLUME -73.9% against XLM -41.7%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.48 across 399 shared trading days). PLUME has been the more volatile of the two, at 107% annualised against XLM's 78%.
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0.48over 399 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 | PLUME | XLM |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -92.6% | -64.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.30 | -0.02 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +69.0% | +63.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -62.4% | -39.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PLUME outperformed XLM by 33.6% — measured on the PLUME/XLM ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.