Hyperliquid (HYPE) is 397484.0× the size of NEXION (NEON) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.16 across 25 shared trading days). NEON has been the more volatile of the two, at 159% annualised against HYPE's 81%.
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0.16over 25 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 | NEON | HYPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -54.8% | -18.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.33 | 0.56 |
Relative strength over 90 days: HYPE outperformed NEON by 50.9% — measured on the NEON/HYPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.