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Crypto coin comparison: Sharpe, drawdown, and return tearsheets.

Compare return, drawdown, volatility, beta, and risk-adjusted performance.

At a Glance

Coin Compare key facts.

A fast summary of signal coverage, outputs, access, and workflow.

Best for
Analysts who need explainable market intelligence, forecasts, entity data, and repeatable research workflows.
Primary workflow
Crypto coin comparison: Sharpe, drawdown, and return tearsheets
Core outputs
Normalized Performance Overlay, Risk and Return Tearsheet, Rolling and Calendar Analysis, Cross-Asset Benchmarking
Access
Free, no signup.
Live workspace
/coin-compare
Decision Guide

When to use Coin Compare.

Coin Compare is a Sharpe Terminal research intelligence workflow. It helps traders compare return, drawdown, volatility, beta, and risk-adjusted performance. Core outputs include Normalized Performance Overlay, Risk and Return Tearsheet, Rolling and Calendar Analysis.

Coin Compare use cases, outputs, and indexable URL.
AreaCoin Compare answerWhy it matters
Best fitAnalysts who need explainable market intelligence, forecasts, entity data, and repeatable research workflows.Clarifies who should reach for this workflow first.
Signal outputNormalized Performance Overlay, Risk and Return Tearsheet, Rolling and Calendar Analysis, Cross-Asset BenchmarkingShows the decision-ready intelligence before opening the live terminal.
Decision pathReview the product page, then launch /coin-compareSeparates product evaluation from hands-on market intelligence.
Indexable URL/products/coin-compareGives teams a stable URL for sharing and revisiting.
Features

What Coin Compare offers.

Normalized Performance Overlay

Chart selected assets on the same axes using normalized percentage returns, which removes the price-scale differences that make raw price charts useless for comparison. A $60K Bitcoin, a $0.50 altcoin, and a stock benchmark are all rebased to the same start value, so relative performance is visible immediately.

Risk and Return Tearsheet

Generate a self-contained report with total return, CAGR, best and worst day, annualized volatility, maximum drawdown, VaR, Sortino, Calmar, information ratio, Treynor, beta, alpha, R-squared, and correlation to the selected benchmark.

Rolling and Calendar Analysis

Review rolling Sharpe, rolling Sortino, rolling volatility, rolling beta, yearly returns, daily-return distribution, monthly-return heatmaps, and worst drawdown periods. The report is designed for portfolio review rather than one-off price checking.

Cross-Asset Benchmarking

Compare curated crypto assets against other crypto assets, major US equities, S&P 500, Nasdaq, gold, or silver. Pair pages preselect high-demand comparisons such as Bitcoin vs Ethereum, Solana vs Ethereum, PEPE vs WIF, and Bitcoin vs Gold; users explicitly choose Generate Report before historical data is fetched.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many tokens can I compare at once with Coin Compare?

Coin Compare supports up to 5 selected assets against one benchmark. That keeps the tearsheet readable while still allowing multi-asset comparisons such as ETH, SOL, and AVAX against BTC. For broad pairwise matrices, use the Correlation product.

What are normalized percentage-return overlay charts?

Normalized percentage-return charts rebase every selected asset to the same starting value, then plot each asset's cumulative percentage return over time. This eliminates absolute price differences that make raw price charts hard to compare. When Bitcoin, an altcoin, and an equity benchmark are all rebased together, you can directly see relative performance.

What metrics are available for comparison?

Coin Compare provides normalized returns, total return, CAGR, best and worst day, volatility, max drawdown, VaR, CVaR, ulcer index, Sharpe, Sortino, Calmar, information ratio, Treynor, beta, alpha, R-squared, correlation, win rate, profit factor, tail ratio, recovery factor, rolling metrics, drawdown tables, yearly returns, histograms, and monthly heatmaps.

Can I compare tokens from different blockchains?

Yes, the curated crypto list includes assets across multiple ecosystems, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, BNB, XRP, Cardano, Avalanche, NEAR, Aptos, PEPE, WIF, and other high-demand coins. The report compares historical USD price series, so assets do not need to share a chain.

How is all-time high (ATH) comparison useful?

Coin Compare focuses on historical drawdown behavior rather than static ATH price fields. Maximum drawdown and worst drawdown periods show the depth and duration of realized losses, which is more useful for risk sizing than simply asking how far an asset is from a previous peak.

How often is Coin Compare data updated?

Reports are generated on demand from historical price data. Crypto history is fetched from market data feeds, stocks/indices/commodities use the configured market-data feed with Yahoo fallback, and generated API responses are cacheable for one hour with stale revalidation.

Is Coin Compare free to use?

Yes. Coin Compare is available free on Sharpe Terminal with no account required. Performance overlays, risk tables, rolling metrics, drawdown analysis, benchmark-relative metrics, and report export controls are accessible immediately.

How does the benchmark affect the report?

The benchmark is the reference asset for beta, alpha, information ratio, Treynor ratio, R-squared, and correlation. Sharpe and Sortino are calculated versus the risk-free rate, while the benchmark-relative section shows whether selected assets moved with or away from the chosen benchmark.

Can I export the Coin Compare report?

Yes. Generated reports open in an embedded, self-contained HTML tearsheet with an export control that invokes browser print, so you can produce a PDF from the current report view.

What does drawdown from ATH mean?

Drawdown from all-time high (ATH) is the percentage decline from a token's peak price to its current price, calculated as (current - ATH) / ATH. A token with an ATH of $100 trading at $30 has a 70% drawdown. Drawdown depth and duration are core measures of downside risk. Crypto regularly sees 80-90% drawdowns even for major assets (BTC hit 77% drawdown in 2022, ETH 82%). Comparing drawdowns between two tokens shows which has retraced further from cycle highs, which is a useful input for mean-reversion positioning.

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