Ultima (ULTIMA) is 1.6× the size of Amp (AMP) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.06 across 58 shared trading days). AMP has been the more volatile of the two, at 97% annualised against ULTIMA's 52%.
AMPULTIMA
-0.06over 58 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 | AMP | ULTIMA |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -88.8% | -51.6% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.45 | -0.95 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +89.6% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -45.8% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: AMP outperformed ULTIMA by 256.8% — measured on the AMP/ULTIMA ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.