Pyth Network (PYTH) is 7.7× the size of Numeraire (NMR) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, NMR is ahead by 10.9 percentage points (NMR -20.2% against PYTH -31.1%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.39 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 95% annualised.
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0.39over 399 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 | NMR | PYTH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -63.3% | -81.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.10 | 0.70 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +70.5% | +76.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -30.0% | -46.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PYTH outperformed NMR by 31.9% — measured on the NMR/PYTH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.