Real USD (USDR) and USDD (USDD) compared side by side. Over the past 30 days, USDR is ahead by 7.8 percentage points (USDR +7.7% against USDD -0.1%). Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.31 across 24 shared trading days). USDR has been the more volatile of the two, at 1038128808% annualised against USDD's 2%.
USDRUSDD
-0.31over 24 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 | USDR | USDD |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -100.0% | -0.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.00 | -0.07 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDR outperformed USDD by 6.0% — measured on the USDR/USDD ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.