GoPlus Security (GPS) is 717.2× the size of IRONCLAD SECURITY (ICLAD) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.18 across 76 shared trading days). ICLAD has been the more volatile of the two, at 286% annualised against GPS's 143%.
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0.18over 76 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 | ICLAD | GPS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -76.4% | -69.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.34 | -0.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +129.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ICLAD outperformed GPS by 85.2% — measured on the ICLAD/GPS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.