Degen (DEGEN) is 4825.2× the size of BASEment (BASEMENT) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.35 across 34 shared trading days). BASEMENT has been the more volatile of the two, at 273% annualised against DEGEN's 78%.
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0.35over 34 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 | BASEMENT | DEGEN |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -81.7% | -26.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.06 | -0.20 |
Relative strength over 90 days: DEGEN outperformed BASEMENT by 67.1% — measured on the BASEMENT/DEGEN ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.