AWE Network (AWE) is 3902.7× the size of CRUDE (CRUDE) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.02 across 157 shared trading days). CRUDE has been the more volatile of the two, at 191% annualised against AWE's 83%.
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0.02over 157 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 | CRUDE | AWE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -93.5% | -57.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.31 | 0.10 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +87.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -46.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: AWE outperformed CRUDE by 44.9% — measured on the CRUDE/AWE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.