Aave (AAVE) is 170045.3× the size of BNSD Finance (BNSD) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.08 across 32 shared trading days). AAVE has been the more volatile of the two, at 87% annualised against BNSD's 54%.
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0.08over 32 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 | BNSD | AAVE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -23.4% | -79.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.31 | 0.48 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +56.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -42.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BNSD outperformed AAVE by 17.3% — measured on the BNSD/AAVE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.