Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 30023.5× the size of Orcasm (ORCASM) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.19 across 20 shared trading days). ORCASM has been the more volatile of the two, at 697% annualised against PENGU's 104%.
ORCASMPENGU
-0.19over 20 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 | ORCASM | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -78.4% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | — | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PENGU outperformed ORCASM by 28.3% — measured on the ORCASM/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.