Correlation

A “diversified” 10-coin portfolio is usually one bet on BTC dressed up as ten bets.

When BTC dumps, almost everything dumps with it, often harder. The matrix below shows the realized 90-day correlation between log-returns of our 10-coin universe, computed from real Binance candles. Spend ten seconds on it.

Most correlated

  • AVAX · LINK0.93
  • SOL · LINK0.93
  • ADA · AVAX0.92
  • XRP · LINK0.91

Least correlated

  • BNB · DOT0.53
  • BTC · DOT0.58
  • ETH · DOT0.66
  • BNB · DOGE0.67

Show the full 90-day correlation matrix

10×10 heatmap · n=90 days · updated 6/9/2026

BTCETHSOLBNBXRPADAAVAXLINKDOGEDOT
BTC0.910.880.750.870.780.820.850.770.58
ETH0.910.870.710.880.830.880.890.810.66
SOL0.880.870.760.900.890.900.930.800.73
BNB0.750.710.760.730.720.730.770.670.53
XRP0.870.880.900.730.870.860.910.830.79
ADA0.780.830.890.720.870.920.900.820.79
AVAX0.820.880.900.730.860.920.930.830.77
LINK0.850.890.930.770.910.900.930.830.76
DOGE0.770.810.800.670.830.820.830.830.71
DOT0.580.660.730.530.790.790.770.760.71
Color scale:≥ 0.85 high0.70 - 0.850.50 - 0.700.30 - 0.50< 0.30 low

How we computed it: methodology. See it informing live trades: