PancakeSwap (CAKE) is 8.1× the size of Arkham (ARKM) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, CAKE is ahead by 53.7 percentage points (ARKM -61.0% against CAKE -7.3%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.64 across 399 shared trading days). ARKM has been the more volatile of the two, at 97% annualised against CAKE's 80%.
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0.64over 399 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 | ARKM | CAKE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -84.7% | -73.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.21 | 0.61 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +48.6% | +65.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -49.1% | -38.0% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CAKE outperformed ARKM by 18.4% — measured on the ARKM/CAKE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.