Starknet (STRK) is 1.3× the size of Optimism (OP) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, STRK is ahead by 9.2 percentage points (OP -69.0% against STRK -59.8%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.61 across 399 shared trading days). STRK has been the more volatile of the two, at 143% annualised against OP's 100%.
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0.61over 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 | OP | STRK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -89.2% | -91.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.21 | 0.33 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +67.2% | +329.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -60.5% | -66.4% |
Relative strength over 90 days: STRK outperformed OP by 25.6% — measured on the OP/STRK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.