Pepe (PEPE) is 43124.5× the size of Derp (DERP) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.04 across 27 shared trading days). DERP has been the more volatile of the two, at 199% annualised against PEPE's 102%.
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0.04over 27 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 | DERP | PEPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -50.4% | -77.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.11 | 0.71 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +63.5% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PEPE outperformed DERP by 29.9% — measured on the DERP/PEPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.