Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 139.7× the size of Luxxcoin (LUX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.09 across 29 shared trading days). LUX has been the more volatile of the two, at 484% annualised against PENGU's 104%.
LUXPENGU
-0.09over 29 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 | LUX | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -65.1% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.02 | 0.13 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LUX outperformed PENGU by 36.2% — measured on the LUX/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.