Pendle (PENDLE) is 72.1× the size of Cryptex Finance (CTX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.39 across 40 shared trading days). CTX has been the more volatile of the two, at 209% annualised against PENDLE's 94%.
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0.39over 40 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 | CTX | PENDLE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -44.6% | -79.8% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.13 | 0.30 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +103.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CTX outperformed PENDLE by 24.1% — measured on the CTX/PENDLE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.