US Dollar / South Korean Won vs US Dollar / Chinese Yuan

US Dollar / South Korean Won (USD/KRW) and US Dollar / Chinese Yuan (USD/CNY) compared side by side. Over the past 90 days, USD/CNY is ahead by 11.0 percentage points (USD/KRW -13.2% against USD/CNY -2.1%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.10 across 284 shared trading days). USD/KRW has been the more volatile of the two, at 12% annualised against USD/CNY's 3%.

Correlation: 0.10
Ahead over 90 days: USD/CNY

US Dollar / South Korean WonUSD/KRW

$1,344.59

24h: +0.13%
Market cap: —
Volume 24h: —
Volatility (ann.): 12%

US Dollar / Chinese YuanUSD/CNY

$6.6723

24h: +0.36%
Market cap: —
Volume 24h: —
Volatility (ann.): 3%

Performance

USD/KRWUSD/CNY

7 days+1.42%-0.45%USD/KRW
30 days-0.41%-0.77%USD/KRW
90 days-13.16%-2.14%USD/CNY

Correlation

0.10over 284 shared trading days

−1 opposite0 unrelated+1 in step

7d: insufficient data30d: -0.0490d: 0.001y: insufficient data

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.

Risk & extremes

Metric	USD/KRW	USD/CNY
Max drawdown (400d)	-15.0%	-7.3%
Risk-adjusted return (90d)	-1.12	-1.58

Relative strength over 90 days: USD/CNY outperformed USD/KRW by 11.3% — measured on the USD/KRW/USD/CNY ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.

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