Kite (KITE) is 31.5× the size of Cookie DAO (COOKIE) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, KITE is ahead by 160.2 percentage points (COOKIE -86.9% against KITE +73.3%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.16 across 367 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 119% annualised.
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0.16over 367 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 | COOKIE | KITE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -94.4% | -69.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.12 | 0.13 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +69.3% | +151.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -61.7% | -55.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: KITE outperformed COOKIE by 25.4% — measured on the COOKIE/KITE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.