Circle Internet Group (Ondo Tokenized Stock) (CRCLON) is 7.2× the size of Apple xStock (AAPLX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.03 across 35 shared trading days). CRCLON has been the more volatile of the two, at 98% annualised against AAPLX's 25%.
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-0.03over 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 | AAPLX | CRCLON |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -14.0% | -30.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.54 | 0.06 |
Relative strength over 90 days: CRCLON outperformed AAPLX by 8.1% — measured on the AAPLX/CRCLON ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.