USDC (USDC) is 2.3× the size of TRON (TRX) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, TRX is ahead by 14.3 percentage points (USDC +0.1% against TRX +14.4%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.03 across 399 shared trading days). TRX has been the more volatile of the two, at 26% annualised against USDC's 0%.
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0.03over 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 | USDC | TRX |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -0.3% | -22.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.05 | -0.06 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +0.2% | +16.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -0.2% | -13.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDC outperformed TRX by 1.8% — measured on the USDC/TRX ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.