EnigmaAI (NGMA) and Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.04 across 32 shared trading days). VIRTUAL has been the more volatile of the two, at 119% annualised against NGMA's 1%.
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0.04over 32 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 | NGMA | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -0.2% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.04 | 0.06 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: NGMA outperformed VIRTUAL by 30.9% — measured on the NGMA/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.