SafePal (SFP) is 19.7× the size of BEST (BEST) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.34 across 40 shared trading days). BEST has been the more volatile of the two, at 81% annualised against SFP's 71%.
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0.34over 40 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 | BEST | SFP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -29.8% | -62.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.04 | -0.03 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +33.7% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -33.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BEST outperformed SFP by 14.8% — measured on the BEST/SFP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.