xHashtag (XTAG) and Venice Token (VVV) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.18 across 39 shared trading days). XTAG has been the more volatile of the two, at 224% annualised against VVV's 170%.
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0.18over 39 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 | XTAG | VVV |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -98.0% | -29.6% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.83 | 0.54 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +83.2% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -84.0% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: VVV outperformed XTAG by 13.8% — measured on the XTAG/VVV ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.