Halloween Mask (HMASK) and Achi (ACH) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.18 across 29 shared trading days). HMASK has been the more volatile of the two, at 574% annualised against ACH's 75%.
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0.18over 29 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 | HMASK | ACH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -97.1% | -72.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.17 | 0.05 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +62.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -41.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ACH outperformed HMASK by 96.1% — measured on the HMASK/ACH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.