Nucleon (NUT) and Ethereum (ETH) compared side by side. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.41 across 30 shared trading days). NUT has been the more volatile of the two, at 108% annualised against ETH's 62%.
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0.41over 30 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 | NUT | ETH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -28.4% | -66.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.11 | 0.50 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +34.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -44.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ETH outperformed NUT by 2.2% — measured on the NUT/ETH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.