Bitcoin (BTC) is 34414354.8× the size of Bored Candy City (CANDY) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.31 across 188 shared trading days). CANDY has been the more volatile of the two, at 110% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.31over 188 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 | CANDY | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -62.0% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.02 | 0.63 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed CANDY by 22.7% — measured on the CANDY/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.