Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 13374.8× the size of John the Coin (JOHN) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.24 across 24 shared trading days). PENGU has been the more volatile of the two, at 104% annualised against JOHN's 53%.
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0.24over 24 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 | JOHN | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -24.0% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.42 | 0.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: JOHN outperformed PENGU by 5.0% — measured on the JOHN/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.