Chainlink (LINK) is 1101.2× the size of Delta (DELTA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.23 across 35 shared trading days). DELTA has been the more volatile of the two, at 516% annualised against LINK's 71%.
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0.23over 35 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 | DELTA | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -65.3% | -69.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.10 | 0.47 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +61.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LINK outperformed DELTA by 47.9% — measured on the DELTA/LINK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.