Internet Computer (ICP) is 2014.4× the size of Empyreal (EMP) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.00 across 39 shared trading days). EMP has been the more volatile of the two, at 3847% annualised against ICP's 108%.
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0.00over 39 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 | EMP | ICP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -97.4% | -77.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.01 | 0.29 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +49.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -62.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ICP outperformed EMP by 47.0% — measured on the EMP/ICP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.