EZswap Protocol (EZSWAP) and Rain (RAIN) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.25 across 35 shared trading days). EZSWAP has been the more volatile of the two, at 167% annualised against RAIN's 134%.
EZSWAPRAIN
-0.25over 35 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 | EZSWAP | RAIN |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -74.4% | -68.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.33 | -0.37 |
Relative strength over 90 days: EZSWAP outperformed RAIN by 9.3% — measured on the EZSWAP/RAIN ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.