USDS (USDS) is 1101014.4× the size of SCAN (SCAN) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.27 across 27 shared trading days). SCAN has been the more volatile of the two, at 84% annualised against USDS's 1%.
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0.27over 27 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 | SCAN | USDS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -30.0% | -0.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.31 | 0.00 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDS outperformed SCAN by 26.4% — measured on the SCAN/USDS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.