Zcash (ZEC) is 353.9× the size of ALEO (ALEO) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.11 across 43 shared trading days). ALEO has been the more volatile of the two, at 289% annualised against ZEC's 149%.
ALEOZEC
-0.11over 43 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 | ALEO | ZEC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -25.2% | -71.8% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.42 | 1.06 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +188.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -59.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ALEO outperformed ZEC by 46.1% — measured on the ALEO/ZEC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.