dogwifhat (WIF) is 32146.5× the size of Chinese peng 企鹅 (PENG) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.28 across 24 shared trading days). WIF has been the more volatile of the two, at 104% annualised against PENG's 47%.
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-0.28over 24 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 | PENG | WIF |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -24.6% | -83.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.47 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +57.5% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -50.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PENG outperformed WIF by 13.1% — measured on the PENG/WIF ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.