The Sandbox (SAND) is 254.0× the size of Project 89 (PROJECT89) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.16 across 39 shared trading days). PROJECT89 has been the more volatile of the two, at 291% annualised against SAND's 103%.
PROJECT89SAND
0.16over 39 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 | PROJECT89 | SAND |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -62.7% | -88.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.10 | 0.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +94.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SAND outperformed PROJECT89 by 41.9% — measured on the PROJECT89/SAND ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.