dropping dollars on strangers (DDOS) and Achi (ACH) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.31 across 26 shared trading days). DDOS has been the more volatile of the two, at 1490% annualised against ACH's 81%.
DDOSACH
-0.31over 26 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 | DDOS | ACH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -93.3% | -78.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.06 | 0.05 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +62.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -41.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ACH outperformed DDOS by 91.4% — measured on the DDOS/ACH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.