Aster (ASTER) is 382.9× the size of Nomina (NOM) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, ASTER is ahead by 66.8 percentage points (NOM -90.2% against ASTER -23.5%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.21 across 394 shared trading days). NOM has been the more volatile of the two, at 181% annualised against ASTER's 90%.
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0.21over 394 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 | NOM | ASTER |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -96.7% | -77.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.10 | 0.31 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +136.6% | +47.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -70.2% | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ASTER outperformed NOM by 22.2% — measured on the NOM/ASTER ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.