Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 43.0× the size of Cookie DAO (COOKIE) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, VIRTUAL is ahead by 30.9 percentage points (COOKIE -86.9% against VIRTUAL -56.1%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.55 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 118% annualised.
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0.55over 399 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 | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -94.4% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.12 | 0.06 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +69.3% | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -61.7% | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: VIRTUAL outperformed COOKIE by 20.4% — measured on the COOKIE/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.