Starknet (STRK) is 56.3× the size of Aligned (ALIGN) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.02 across 49 shared trading days). ALIGN has been the more volatile of the two, at 445% annualised against STRK's 143%.
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-0.02over 49 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 | ALIGN | STRK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -81.7% | -91.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.12 | 0.33 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +329.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -66.4% |
Relative strength over 90 days: STRK outperformed ALIGN by 72.5% — measured on the ALIGN/STRK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.