Strategy PP Variable xStock (STRCX) is 35.3× the size of Alibaba (bStocks Tokenized Stock) (BABAB) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.01 across 57 shared trading days). STRCX has been the more volatile of the two, at 51% annualised against BABAB's 37%.
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0.01over 57 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 | BABAB | STRCX |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -25.9% | -7.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.59 | 0.16 |
Relative strength over 90 days: STRCX outperformed BABAB by 25.6% — measured on the BABAB/STRCX ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.