Yield Optimizer USD vs Galaxy USDC Quality (Ethereum)

Galaxy USDC Quality (Ethereum) (ETH:GUSDCQ) is 1.4× the size of Yield Optimizer USD (YOUSD) by market capitalisation. Over the past 30 days, ETH:GUSDCQ is ahead by 0.0 percentage points (YOUSD +0.4% against ETH:GUSDCQ +0.4%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.04 across 31 shared trading days). ETH:GUSDCQ has been the more volatile of the two, at 2% annualised against YOUSD's 1%.

Correlation: 0.04
Size ratio: 1 : 1.4
Ahead over 30 days: ETH:GUSDCQ

Yield Optimizer USDYOUSD

$1.0700

24h: +0.01%
Market cap: $7.43M
Volume 24h: —
Volatility (ann.): 1%

Galaxy USDC Quality (Ethereum)ETH:GUSDCQ

$1.0220

24h: +0.04%
Market cap: $10.11M
Volume 24h: —
Volatility (ann.): 2%

YOUSD 42.4%Share of the two combined market caps57.6% ETH:GUSDCQ

Performance

YOUSDETH:GUSDCQ

7 days+0.09%+0.10%ETH:GUSDCQ
30 days+0.38%+0.39%ETH:GUSDCQ

Correlation

0.04over 31 shared trading days

−1 opposite0 unrelated+1 in step

7d: insufficient data30d: 0.0490d: insufficient data1y: insufficient data

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.

Risk & extremes

Metric	YOUSD	ETH:GUSDCQ
Max drawdown (400d)	0.0%	-0.3%
Risk-adjusted return (90d)	0.61	0.19

Relative strength over 90 days: ETH:GUSDCQ outperformed YOUSD by 0.0% — measured on the YOUSD/ETH:GUSDCQ ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.

Yield Optimizer USD →Galaxy USDC Quality (Ethereum) →