Yield Optimizer USD vs Galaxy USDT Quality

Galaxy USDT Quality (ETH:GUSDTQ) is 1.5× the size of Yield Optimizer USD (YOUSD) by market capitalisation. Over the past 30 days, YOUSD is ahead by 0.1 percentage points (YOUSD +0.4% against ETH:GUSDTQ +0.3%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.06 across 30 shared trading days). ETH:GUSDTQ has been the more volatile of the two, at 2% annualised against YOUSD's 1%.

Correlation: 0.06
Size ratio: 1 : 1.5
Ahead over 30 days: YOUSD

Yield Optimizer USDYOUSD

$1.0700

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

Galaxy USDT QualityETH:GUSDTQ

$1.0180

24h: +0.02%
Market cap: $10.87M
Volume 24h: —
Volatility (ann.): 2%

YOUSD 40.6%Share of the two combined market caps59.4% ETH:GUSDTQ

Performance

YOUSDETH:GUSDTQ

7 days+0.09%+0.10%ETH:GUSDTQ
30 days+0.38%+0.30%YOUSD

Correlation

0.06over 30 shared trading days

−1 opposite0 unrelated+1 in step

7d: insufficient data30d: 0.0690d: 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:GUSDTQ
Max drawdown (400d)	0.0%	-0.2%
Risk-adjusted return (90d)	0.61	0.17

Relative strength over 90 days: YOUSD outperformed ETH:GUSDTQ by 0.1% — measured on the YOUSD/ETH:GUSDTQ ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.

Yield Optimizer USD →Galaxy USDT Quality →