Aster (ASTER) is 207.6× the size of Hera Finance (HERA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.07 across 32 shared trading days). HERA has been the more volatile of the two, at 355% annualised against ASTER's 90%.
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0.07over 32 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 | HERA | ASTER |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -99.8% | -77.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.28 | 0.31 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ASTER outperformed HERA by 99.7% — measured on the HERA/ASTER ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.