Ecochain Finance (ECT) and Hyperliquid (HYPE) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.07 across 29 shared trading days). HYPE has been the more volatile of the two, at 81% annualised against ECT's 42%.
ECTHYPE
0.07over 29 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 | ECT | HYPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -11.8% | -18.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.23 | 0.56 |
Relative strength over 90 days: HYPE outperformed ECT by 2.5% — measured on the ECT/HYPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.