Ballast (BALLAST) and Fables (FABLES) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.04 across 20 shared trading days). BALLAST has been the more volatile of the two, at 1484% annualised against FABLES's 234%.
BALLASTFABLES
0.04over 20 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 | BALLAST | FABLES |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -81.8% | -57.6% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.12 | -0.20 |
Relative strength over 90 days: BALLAST outperformed FABLES by 26.7% — measured on the BALLAST/FABLES ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.