Pump.fun (PUMP) is 628.4× the size of DerivaDAO (DDX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.01 across 192 shared trading days). PUMP has been the more volatile of the two, at 127% annualised against DDX's 109%.
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0.01over 192 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 | DDX | PUMP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -68.1% | -83.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.19 | 0.55 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +185.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PUMP outperformed DDX by 51.1% — measured on the DDX/PUMP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.