Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 376.5× the size of 1000x by Virtuals (1000X) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.31 across 40 shared trading days). 1000X has been the more volatile of the two, at 470% annualised against VIRTUAL's 119%.
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0.31over 40 shared trading days
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.
| Metric | 1000X | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -71.3% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.06 | 0.04 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: VIRTUAL outperformed 1000X by 17.5% — measured on the 1000X/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.