Pepe (PEPE) is 11475.2× the size of KittyCake (KCAKE) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.10 across 24 shared trading days). PEPE has been the more volatile of the two, at 102% annualised against KCAKE's 34%.
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-0.10over 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 | KCAKE | PEPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -11.6% | -77.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.26 | 0.71 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +63.5% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PEPE outperformed KCAKE by 18.7% — measured on the KCAKE/PEPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.