Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 22.0× the size of Autonolas (OLAS) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, VIRTUAL is ahead by 9.8 percentage points (OLAS -69.4% against VIRTUAL -59.6%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.38 across 373 shared trading days). VIRTUAL has been the more volatile of the two, at 119% annualised against OLAS's 80%.
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0.38over 373 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 | OLAS | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -91.7% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.20 | 0.04 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +142.2% | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -62.5% | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: OLAS outperformed VIRTUAL by 122.7% — measured on the OLAS/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.