Aerodrome Finance (AERO) is 3.0× the size of Magma Finance (MAGMA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.18 across 54 shared trading days). MAGMA has been the more volatile of the two, at 340% annualised against AERO's 101%.
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-0.18over 54 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 | MAGMA | AERO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -64.4% | -36.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.19 | 0.44 |
Relative strength over 90 days: MAGMA outperformed AERO by 26.5% — measured on the MAGMA/AERO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.