USDS (USDS) is 119.3× the size of USDA (USDA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.10 across 56 shared trading days). USDA has been the more volatile of the two, at 35% annualised against USDS's 1%.
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0.10over 56 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 | USDA | USDS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -12.0% | -0.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.20 | 0.01 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDS outperformed USDA by 7.0% — measured on the USDA/USDS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.