Stellar (XLM) is 4542.1× the size of Tharwa USD (THUSD) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.04 across 142 shared trading days). XLM has been the more volatile of the two, at 78% annualised against THUSD's 13%.
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0.04over 142 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 | THUSD | XLM |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -5.1% | -64.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.00 | -0.02 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +63.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -39.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: THUSD outperformed XLM by 26.8% — measured on the THUSD/XLM ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.