Ethereum (ETH) is 20880.5× the size of Chili Coin (CHI) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move very closely together (correlation 0.85 across 55 shared trading days). CHI has been the more volatile of the two, at 172% annualised against ETH's 62%.
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0.85over 55 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 | CHI | ETH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -69.0% | -66.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.20 | 0.36 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +34.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -44.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CHI outperformed ETH by 14.3% — measured on the CHI/ETH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.