Pepe (PEPE) is 4082.2× the size of alright buddy (BUDDY) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.10 across 39 shared trading days). BUDDY has been the more volatile of the two, at 239% annualised against PEPE's 102%.
BUDDYPEPE
-0.10over 39 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 | BUDDY | PEPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -72.6% | -77.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.28 | 0.63 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +63.5% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PEPE outperformed BUDDY by 76.4% — measured on the BUDDY/PEPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.