Axelar (AXL) is 2.9× the size of HyBridge (BRIDGE) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.03 across 40 shared trading days). BRIDGE has been the more volatile of the two, at 472% annualised against AXL's 111%.
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-0.03over 40 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 | BRIDGE | AXL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -66.5% | -89.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.47 | 0.18 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +84.5% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -49.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BRIDGE outperformed AXL by 207.1% — measured on the BRIDGE/AXL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.