Polkadot (DOT) is 1635.4× the size of ivault (IVT) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.21 across 36 shared trading days). DOT has been the more volatile of the two, at 88% annualised against IVT's 44%.
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0.21over 36 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 | IVT | DOT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -16.9% | -82.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.32 | 0.13 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +55.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -44.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: DOT outperformed IVT by 22.8% — measured on the IVT/DOT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.