Aerodrome Finance (AERO) is 198.5× the size of King Protocol (KING) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.58 across 39 shared trading days). AERO has been the more volatile of the two, at 101% annualised against KING's 87%.
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0.58over 39 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 | KING | AERO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -30.7% | -36.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.04 | 0.44 |
Relative strength over 90 days: AERO outperformed KING by 26.9% — measured on the KING/AERO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.