TRON (TRX) is 3.8× the size of Cardano (ADA) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, TRX is ahead by 72.2 percentage points (TRX -3.5% against ADA -75.7%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.46 across 399 shared trading days). ADA has been the more volatile of the two, at 78% annualised against TRX's 26%.
| Period | TRX | ADA | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | -0.09% | +8.72% | ADA |
| 30 days | +1.17% | +19.94% | ADA |
| 90 days | +3.52% | +37.42% | ADA |
| 1 year | -3.48% | -75.72% | TRX |
| Metric | TRX | ADA |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -26.5% | -85.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.20 | 0.49 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +16.1% | +38.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -17.4% | -42.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ADA outperformed TRX by 24.7% — measured on the TRX/ADA ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.
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.