Aster (ASTER) is 15076.0× the size of XSwap Protocol (XSP) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.02 across 31 shared trading days). XSP has been the more volatile of the two, at 123% annualised against ASTER's 90%.
XSPASTER
-0.02over 31 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 | XSP | ASTER |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -16.5% | -77.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.06 | 0.35 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ASTER outperformed XSP by 1.8% — measured on the XSP/ASTER ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.