IXS [OLD] (IXS) and Maple Finance (SYRUP) compared side by side. Over the past 1 year, IXS is ahead by 1.6 percentage points (IXS -59.1% against SYRUP -60.7%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.32 across 373 shared trading days). IXS has been the more volatile of the two, at 163% annualised against SYRUP's 87%.
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0.32over 373 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 | IXS | SYRUP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -83.0% | -74.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.31 | 0.00 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +128.9% | +52.7% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -61.5% | -49.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SYRUP outperformed IXS by 29.2% — measured on the IXS/SYRUP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.