Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 1451.3× the size of Heurist (HEU) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, VIRTUAL is ahead by 39.1 percentage points (HEU -95.2% against VIRTUAL -56.1%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.24 across 368 shared trading days). HEU has been the more volatile of the two, at 209% annualised against VIRTUAL's 119%.
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0.24over 368 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 | HEU | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -98.3% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.31 | 0.06 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +126.1% | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -74.3% | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: VIRTUAL outperformed HEU by 72.8% — measured on the HEU/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.