Morpho (MORPHO) is 499.9× the size of Checkmate (CHECK) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.13 across 183 shared trading days). CHECK has been the more volatile of the two, at 203% annualised against MORPHO's 94%.
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0.13over 183 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 | CHECK | MORPHO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -86.4% | -51.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.68 | 0.13 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +77.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -44.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: MORPHO outperformed CHECK by 67.9% — measured on the CHECK/MORPHO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.