Aster (ASTER) is 15.4× the size of 1INCH (1INCH) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, ASTER is ahead by 22.9 percentage points (1INCH -46.3% against ASTER -23.5%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.53 across 394 shared trading days). ASTER has been the more volatile of the two, at 90% annualised against 1INCH's 77%.
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0.53over 394 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 | 1INCH | ASTER |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -75.6% | -77.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.04 | 0.31 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +30.1% | +47.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -44.9% | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ASTER outperformed 1INCH by 15.1% — measured on the 1INCH/ASTER ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.