Zcash (ZEC) is 5.7× the size of USD1 (USD1) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, ZEC is ahead by 2999.9 percentage points (ZEC +3000.0% against USD1 +0.0%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.03 across 399 shared trading days). ZEC has been the more volatile of the two, at 161% annualised against USD1's 1%.
| Period | ZEC | USD1 | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +34.10% | +0.00% | ZEC |
| 30 days | +176.39% | +0.02% | ZEC |
| 90 days | +231.69% | -0.11% | ZEC |
| 1 year | +2999.96% | +0.03% | ZEC |
| Metric | ZEC | USD1 |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -71.8% | -0.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.86 | -0.33 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +514.2% | +0.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -59.2% | -0.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ZEC outperformed USD1 by 232.1% — measured on the ZEC/USD1 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.