Bitcoin (BTC) is 55162645.9× the size of CORTEX (CORTEX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.05 across 25 shared trading days). CORTEX has been the more volatile of the two, at 268% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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-0.05over 25 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 | CORTEX | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -74.0% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.21 | 0.69 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed CORTEX by 55.7% — measured on the CORTEX/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.