Internet Computer (ICP) is 1590.6× the size of Arcana (ARCN) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.12 across 40 shared trading days). ARCN has been the more volatile of the two, at 219% annualised against ICP's 108%.
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0.12over 40 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 | ARCN | ICP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -70.9% | -77.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.29 | 0.25 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +49.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -62.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ICP outperformed ARCN by 66.4% — measured on the ARCN/ICP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.