Moss Carbon Credit (MCO2) and Ethereum (ETH) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.20 across 29 shared trading days). MCO2 has been the more volatile of the two, at 626% annualised against ETH's 62%.
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0.20over 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 | MCO2 | ETH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -66.0% | -66.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.08 | 0.50 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +34.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -44.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: MCO2 outperformed ETH by 68.4% — measured on the MCO2/ETH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.