Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 55451.7× the size of Deployyyyer (DEPLOY) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.31 across 186 shared trading days). DEPLOY has been the more volatile of the two, at 214% annualised against VIRTUAL's 119%.
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0.31over 186 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 | DEPLOY | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -96.9% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.39 | 0.00 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: VIRTUAL outperformed DEPLOY by 88.4% — measured on the DEPLOY/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.