Chainlink (LINK) is 50194.7× the size of Impermax (IBEX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move very closely together (correlation 0.85 across 80 shared trading days). IBEX has been the more volatile of the two, at 106% annualised against LINK's 71%.
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0.85over 80 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 | IBEX | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -37.9% | -69.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.16 | 0.53 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +61.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LINK outperformed IBEX by 7.8% — measured on the IBEX/LINK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.