Moon DAO (MOONEY) and NOVA (SN68) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.25 across 33 shared trading days). SN68 has been the more volatile of the two, at 97% annualised against MOONEY's 84%.
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0.25over 33 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 | MOONEY | SN68 |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -66.3% | -18.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.09 | 0.16 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +36.3% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -43.5% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: SN68 outperformed MOONEY by 10.4% — measured on the MOONEY/SN68 ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.