POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) is 47.1× the size of Citrea (CTR) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.30 across 108 shared trading days). CTR has been the more volatile of the two, at 121% annualised against POL's 74%.
CTRPOL
-0.30over 108 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 | CTR | POL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -40.2% | -72.6% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.52 | 0.28 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +57.7% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -46.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CTR outperformed POL by 41.9% — measured on the CTR/POL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.