Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 68.5× the size of MyShell (SHELL) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, VIRTUAL is ahead by 22.9 percentage points (SHELL -78.9% against VIRTUAL -56.1%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.54 across 399 shared trading days). VIRTUAL has been the more volatile of the two, at 119% annualised against SHELL's 98%.
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0.54over 399 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 | SHELL | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -85.8% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.25 | 0.06 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +38.6% | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -55.7% | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SHELL outperformed VIRTUAL by 15.4% — measured on the SHELL/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.