Pump.fun (PUMP) is 144072.4× the size of Poolz Finance (POOLX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.04 across 186 shared trading days). POOLX has been the more volatile of the two, at 205% annualised against PUMP's 127%.
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-0.04over 186 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 | POOLX | PUMP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -98.2% | -83.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.34 | 0.53 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +185.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PUMP outperformed POOLX by 98.5% — measured on the POOLX/PUMP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.