The Sandbox (SAND) is 3700.1× the size of Polkacity (POLC) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.25 across 169 shared trading days). POLC has been the more volatile of the two, at 332% annualised against SAND's 103%.
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0.25over 169 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 | POLC | SAND |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -92.3% | -88.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.13 | 0.02 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +94.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: POLC outperformed SAND by 32.9% — measured on the POLC/SAND ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.