Solana (SOL) is 809.0× the size of APEX (AP3X) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.20 across 50 shared trading days). AP3X has been the more volatile of the two, at 206% annualised against SOL's 66%.
AP3XSOL
-0.20over 50 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 | AP3X | SOL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -11.4% | -73.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.55 | 0.44 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -46.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: AP3X outperformed SOL by 127.5% — measured on the AP3X/SOL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.