Axie Infinity (AXS) is 779.2× the size of My DeFi Pet (DPET) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.09 across 182 shared trading days). DPET has been the more volatile of the two, at 261% annualised against AXS's 121%.
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0.09over 182 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 | DPET | AXS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -99.2% | -72.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.37 | -0.02 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +248.7% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: AXS outperformed DPET by 56.8% — measured on the DPET/AXS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.