Polycat Finance (FISH) and Hyperliquid (HYPE) compared side by side. Over the past 30 days, HYPE is ahead by 4.3 percentage points (FISH -10.4% against HYPE -6.0%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.27 across 33 shared trading days). HYPE has been the more volatile of the two, at 82% annualised against FISH's 33%.
FISHHYPE
0.27over 33 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 | FISH | HYPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -12.8% | -18.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.29 | 0.58 |
Relative strength over 90 days: HYPE outperformed FISH by 7.0% — measured on the FISH/HYPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.