cVault.finance (CORE) and Ethena (ENA) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.17 across 33 shared trading days). ENA has been the more volatile of the two, at 113% annualised against CORE's 50%.
COREENA
0.17over 33 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 | CORE | ENA |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -21.5% | -88.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.39 | 0.65 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +107.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CORE outperformed ENA by 11.6% — measured on the CORE/ENA ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.