Canton (CC) is 1.0× the size of USD1 (USD1) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.02 across 67 shared trading days). CC has been the more volatile of the two, at 125% annualised against USD1's 1%.
USD1CC
-0.02over 67 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 | USD1 | CC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -0.4% | -43.8% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.21 | -0.16 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +0.3% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -0.2% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: USD1 outperformed CC by 24.6% — measured on the USD1/CC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.