Anonymous Cat (ZCAT) is 6985.7× the size of Purple Toshi (POSHI) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.05 across 21 shared trading days). ZCAT has been the more volatile of the two, at 290% annualised against POSHI's 79%.
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-0.05over 21 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 | POSHI | ZCAT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -21.8% | -67.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.26 | -0.20 |
Relative strength over 90 days: POSHI outperformed ZCAT by 7.8% — measured on the POSHI/ZCAT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.