AI Rig Complex (ARC) is 1.9× the size of IQ (IQ) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.19 across 56 shared trading days). ARC has been the more volatile of the two, at 169% annualised against IQ's 62%.
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0.19over 56 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 | IQ | ARC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -82.2% | -55.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.13 | -0.27 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +68.1% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -34.4% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: IQ outperformed ARC by 115.5% — measured on the IQ/ARC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.