Chainlink (LINK) is 222950.3× the size of Areal Finance (ARL) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.19 across 69 shared trading days). ARL has been the more volatile of the two, at 500% annualised against LINK's 71%.
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-0.19over 69 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 | ARL | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -89.5% | -69.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.09 | 0.53 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +61.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LINK outperformed ARL by 64.4% — measured on the ARL/LINK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.