Dash (DASH) is 364.8× the size of HandlPay (HANDL) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.08 across 198 shared trading days). HANDL has been the more volatile of the two, at 279% annualised against DASH's 148%.
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0.08over 198 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 | HANDL | DASH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -88.2% | -75.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.21 | 0.42 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +131.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -59.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: DASH outperformed HANDL by 48.6% — measured on the HANDL/DASH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.