Bitcoin (BTC) is 113425788.6× the size of x4Pay (X4PAY) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.33 across 26 shared trading days). X4PAY has been the more volatile of the two, at 60% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.33over 26 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 | X4PAY | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -38.5% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.59 | 0.63 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed X4PAY by 31.7% — measured on the X4PAY/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.