Polkadot (DOT) is 30.7× the size of XPR Network (XPR) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.36 across 56 shared trading days). DOT has been the more volatile of the two, at 88% annualised against XPR's 60%.
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0.36over 56 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 | XPR | DOT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -38.2% | -82.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.41 | 0.13 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +55.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -44.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: DOT outperformed XPR by 39.5% — measured on the XPR/DOT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.