Tether Gold (XAUT) is 694.5× the size of SpaceX PreStocks (SPACEX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.04 across 41 shared trading days). SPACEX has been the more volatile of the two, at 60% annualised against XAUT's 24%.
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-0.04over 41 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 | SPACEX | XAUT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -16.7% | -19.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.05 | -0.36 |
Relative strength over 90 days: SPACEX outperformed XAUT by 9.9% — measured on the SPACEX/XAUT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.