Chainlink (LINK) is 74352.9× the size of Hummingbird Finance (HMNG) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.12 across 190 shared trading days). HMNG has been the more volatile of the two, at 516% annualised against LINK's 71%.
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-0.12over 190 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 | HMNG | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -85.4% | -69.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.07 | 0.53 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +61.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LINK outperformed HMNG by 59.7% — measured on the HMNG/LINK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.