Dark Energy Crystals (DEC) and Immutable (IMX) compared side by side. Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.64 across 39 shared trading days). IMX has been the more volatile of the two, at 90% annualised against DEC's 65%.
DECIMX
0.64over 39 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 | DEC | IMX |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -14.6% | -87.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.60 | 0.13 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +67.7% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -50.4% |
Relative strength over 90 days: DEC outperformed IMX by 41.5% — measured on the DEC/IMX ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.