Midnight (NIGHT) is 17508.9× the size of Houdini Swap (LOCK) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely in opposite directions (correlation -0.35 across 30 shared trading days). LOCK has been the more volatile of the two, at 437% annualised against NIGHT's 115%.
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-0.35over 30 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 | LOCK | NIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -73.7% | -67.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.09 | 0.85 |
Relative strength over 90 days: NIGHT outperformed LOCK by 39.8% — measured on the LOCK/NIGHT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.