Optimism (OP) is 15.8× the size of BSquared Network (B2) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, B2 is ahead by 0.8 percentage points (B2 -68.2% against OP -69.0%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.14 across 373 shared trading days). B2 has been the more volatile of the two, at 153% annualised against OP's 100%.
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0.14over 373 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 | B2 | OP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -83.2% | -89.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.25 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +103.7% | +67.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -79.8% | -60.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: OP outperformed B2 by 34.8% — measured on the B2/OP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.