Zcash (ZEC) is 2.5× the size of Rain (RAIN) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.11 across 31 shared trading days). ZEC has been the more volatile of the two, at 161% annualised against RAIN's 130%.
| Period | ZEC | RAIN | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +30.97% | -20.19% | ZEC |
| 30 days | +158.56% | +1.17% | ZEC |
| 90 days | +238.63% | — | — |
| 1 year | +2904.41% | — | — |
| Metric | ZEC | RAIN |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -71.8% | -32.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.93 | 0.01 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +514.2% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -59.2% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: ZEC outperformed RAIN by 125.7% — measured on the ZEC/RAIN ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.
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.