Litecoin (LTC) is 20.6× the size of THORChain (RUNE) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, RUNE is ahead by 18.7 percentage points (RUNE -19.2% against LTC -37.9%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.65 across 399 shared trading days). RUNE has been the more volatile of the two, at 75% annualised against LTC's 62%.
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0.65over 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 | RUNE | LTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -73.7% | -67.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.50 | 0.32 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +66.7% | +45.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -42.7% | -39.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: RUNE outperformed LTC by 18.6% — measured on the RUNE/LTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.