Strategy PP Variable xStock (STRCX) is 19.7× the size of Apple (bStocks Tokenized Stock) (AAPLB) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.29 across 57 shared trading days). STRCX has been the more volatile of the two, at 51% annualised against AAPLB's 27%.
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-0.29over 57 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 | AAPLB | STRCX |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -11.4% | -7.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.28 | 0.16 |
Relative strength over 90 days: AAPLB outperformed STRCX by 0.2% — measured on the AAPLB/STRCX ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.