Yield Guild Games (YGG) is 4.7× the size of Metahero (HERO) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.26 across 41 shared trading days). YGG has been the more volatile of the two, at 93% annualised against HERO's 56%.
HEROYGG
0.26over 41 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 | HERO | YGG |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -18.2% | -90.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.10 | 0.39 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +32.5% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: YGG outperformed HERO by 12.9% — measured on the HERO/YGG ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.