Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 5516.8× the size of Dollar Cost Average (DCA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.17 across 35 shared trading days). DCA has been the more volatile of the two, at 149% annualised against PENGU's 104%.
DCAPENGU
0.17over 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 | DCA | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -73.4% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.47 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PENGU outperformed DCA by 60.8% — measured on the DCA/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.