Ethena (ENA) is 6618.8× the size of Creditlink Token (CDL) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.27 across 38 shared trading days). CDL has been the more volatile of the two, at 147% annualised against ENA's 113%.
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0.27over 38 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 | CDL | ENA |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -54.1% | -88.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.36 | 0.65 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +107.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ENA outperformed CDL by 57.1% — measured on the CDL/ENA ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.