Tether (USDT) is 98.9× the size of World Liberty Financial (WLFI) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.24 across 31 shared trading days). WLFI has been the more volatile of the two, at 86% annualised against USDT's 0%.
| Period | WLFI | USDT | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +2.09% | -0.01% | WLFI |
| 30 days | -2.34% | +0.05% | USDT |
| 90 days | -1.85% | — | — |
| 1 year | -73.80% | — | — |
| Metric | WLFI | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -78.9% | -0.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.05 | 0.19 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +39.0% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -48.3% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDT outperformed WLFI by 4.3% — measured on the WLFI/USDT 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.