Drift Protocol (DRIFT) is 416.1× the size of fries (FRIES) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.10 across 56 shared trading days). FRIES has been the more volatile of the two, at 200% annualised against DRIFT's 144%.
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0.10over 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 | FRIES | DRIFT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -90.4% | -98.8% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.45 | -0.05 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +91.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -66.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: DRIFT outperformed FRIES by 72.0% — measured on the FRIES/DRIFT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.