Ape and Pepe (APEPE) is 5.6× the size of BOOK OF MEME (BOME) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.31 across 59 shared trading days). BOME has been the more volatile of the two, at 121% annualised against APEPE's 92%.
APEPEBOME
0.31over 59 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 | APEPE | BOME |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -24.0% | -79.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.31 | 0.06 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +186.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -52.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: APEPE outperformed BOME by 65.5% — measured on the APEPE/BOME ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.