Arbitrum (ARB) is 9.7× the size of ApeCoin (APE) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, ARB is ahead by 30.8 percentage points (APE -67.0% against ARB -36.3%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.47 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 110% annualised.
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0.47over 399 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 | APE | ARB |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -85.7% | -84.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.19 | 0.73 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +113.9% | +157.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -47.6% | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ARB outperformed APE by 58.9% — measured on the APE/ARB ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.