GoPlus Security (GPS) is 88.7× the size of Cipher (CIPHER) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.22 across 39 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 138% annualised.
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0.22over 39 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 | CIPHER | GPS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -27.7% | -69.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.15 | -0.06 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +129.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CIPHER outperformed GPS by 39.2% — measured on the CIPHER/GPS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.