Internet Computer (ICP) is 282.5× the size of PlaysOut (PLAY) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.32 across 110 shared trading days). PLAY has been the more volatile of the two, at 148% annualised against ICP's 108%.
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0.32over 110 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 | PLAY | ICP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -68.0% | -77.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.39 | 0.25 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +49.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -62.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ICP outperformed PLAY by 63.2% — measured on the PLAY/ICP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.