Nexum (NEXM) and Chainlink (LINK) compared side by side. Over the past 1 year, LINK is ahead by 47.9 percentage points (NEXM -75.5% against LINK -27.7%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.09 across 363 shared trading days). NEXM has been the more volatile of the two, at 177% annualised against LINK's 71%.
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0.09over 363 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 | NEXM | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -91.9% | -69.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.50 | 0.47 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +61.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LINK outperformed NEXM by 85.5% — measured on the NEXM/LINK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.