USDC (USDC) is 1720.3× the size of StraitsX XUSD (XUSD) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, XUSD is ahead by 0.0 percentage points (XUSD +0.1% against USDC +0.1%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.43 across 399 shared trading days). XUSD has been the more volatile of the two, at 1% annualised against USDC's 0%.
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0.43over 399 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 | XUSD | USDC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -0.2% | -0.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +0.2% | +0.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -0.1% | -0.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: XUSD outperformed USDC by 0.0% — measured on the XUSD/USDC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.