Quickswap [OLD] (QUICK) and Aster (ASTER) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.04 across 26 shared trading days). ASTER has been the more volatile of the two, at 90% annualised against QUICK's 64%.
QUICKASTER
-0.04over 26 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 | QUICK | ASTER |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -21.9% | -77.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.29 | 0.35 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ASTER outperformed QUICK by 13.3% — measured on the QUICK/ASTER ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.