ApeCoin (APE) is 687.4× the size of KURO (KURO) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.29 across 27 shared trading days). KURO has been the more volatile of the two, at 2228% annualised against APE's 117%.
KUROAPE
0.29over 27 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 | KURO | APE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -89.2% | -85.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.00 | -0.19 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +113.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -47.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: KURO outperformed APE by 38.1% — measured on the KURO/APE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.