Bitcoin (BTC) is 300771153.5× the size of APE WITH GUN (APEGUN) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.45 across 35 shared trading days). APEGUN has been the more volatile of the two, at 72% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.45over 35 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 | APEGUN | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -47.5% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.60 | 0.63 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed APEGUN by 40.0% — measured on the APEGUN/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.