Pepe (PEPE) is 124732.7× the size of Distracted Dudes (DUDE) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.24 across 184 shared trading days). PEPE has been the more volatile of the two, at 102% annualised against DUDE's 74%.
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0.24over 184 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 | DUDE | PEPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -38.4% | -77.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.03 | 0.71 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +63.5% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PEPE outperformed DUDE by 52.5% — measured on the DUDE/PEPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.