Filecoin (FIL) is 8.5× the size of peaq (PEAQ) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.32 across 55 shared trading days). PEAQ has been the more volatile of the two, at 159% annualised against FIL's 125%.
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0.32over 55 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 | PEAQ | FIL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -33.1% | -81.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.44 | 0.19 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +66.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -57.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PEAQ outperformed FIL by 33.7% — measured on the PEAQ/FIL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.