Silver vs Platinum

Silver (XAG) and Platinum (XPT) compared side by side. Over the past 90 days, XPT is ahead by 6.8 percentage points (XAG -18.2% against XPT -11.4%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.83 across 279 shared trading days). XAG has been the more volatile of the two, at 77% annualised against XPT's 64%.

Correlation: 0.83
Ahead over 90 days: XPT

SilverXAG

$51.7700

24h: +4.04%
Market cap: —
Volume 24h: $22,330
Volatility (ann.): 77%

PlatinumXPT

$1,454.7

24h: +1.73%
Market cap: —
Volume 24h: $7,989
Volatility (ann.): 64%

Performance

XAGXPT

7 days-7.68%-7.84%XAG
30 days-22.82%-19.29%XPT
90 days-18.23%-11.39%XPT

Correlation

0.83over 279 shared trading days

−1 opposite0 unrelated+1 in step

7d: insufficient data30d: 0.8390d: 0.761y: insufficient data

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.

Risk & extremes

Metric	XAG	XPT
Max drawdown (400d)	-57.3%	-49.8%
Risk-adjusted return (90d)	-0.41	-0.28

Relative strength over 90 days: XPT outperformed XAG by 7.7% — measured on the XAG/XPT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.

Silver →Platinum →