Machina (MXNA) and Axie Infinity (AXS) compared side by side. Over the past 1 year, AXS is ahead by 17.6 percentage points (MXNA -50.1% against AXS -32.5%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.06 across 367 shared trading days). AXS has been the more volatile of the two, at 121% annualised against MXNA's 90%.
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0.06over 367 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 | MXNA | AXS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -72.5% | -72.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.31 | -0.04 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +148.3% | +248.7% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -62.5% | -55.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: MXNA outperformed AXS by 4.7% — measured on the MXNA/AXS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.