Ness Lab (NESS) and Arkham (ARKM) compared side by side. Over the past 1 year, ARKM is ahead by 27.8 percentage points (NESS -89.6% against ARKM -61.7%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.06 across 301 shared trading days). ARKM has been the more volatile of the two, at 97% annualised against NESS's 67%.
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0.06over 301 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 | NESS | ARKM |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -90.1% | -84.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.85 | 0.23 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +48.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -49.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ARKM outperformed NESS by 30.8% — measured on the NESS/ARKM ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.