Liquid Staking Token (LST) and Pendle (PENDLE) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.34 across 31 shared trading days). PENDLE has been the more volatile of the two, at 94% annualised against LST's 46%.
LSTPENDLE
0.34over 31 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 | LST | PENDLE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -24.9% | -79.8% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.42 | 0.37 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +103.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LST outperformed PENDLE by 7.4% — measured on the LST/PENDLE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.