Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 3336.6× the size of ArchAI (ARCHAI) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, VIRTUAL is ahead by 36.5 percentage points (ARCHAI -92.6% against VIRTUAL -56.1%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.09 across 367 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 115% annualised.
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0.09over 367 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 | ARCHAI | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -92.8% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.64 | 0.06 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +64.1% | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -61.3% | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: VIRTUAL outperformed ARCHAI by 59.4% — measured on the ARCHAI/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.