Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 8509.0× the size of Dollar (DOLLAR) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.19 across 35 shared trading days). PENGU has been the more volatile of the two, at 104% annualised against DOLLAR's 82%.
DOLLARPENGU
0.19over 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 | DOLLAR | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -22.6% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.06 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: DOLLAR outperformed PENGU by 23.0% — measured on the DOLLAR/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.