Dogecoin (DOGE) is 98490.3× the size of Alpha (ALPHA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.31 across 22 shared trading days). DOGE has been the more volatile of the two, at 70% annualised against ALPHA's 53%.
ALPHADOGE
0.31over 22 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 | ALPHA | DOGE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -16.3% | -74.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.18 | 0.17 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +34.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -41.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ALPHA outperformed DOGE by 13.6% — measured on the ALPHA/DOGE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.