Pyth Network (PYTH) is 460.0× the size of QUP Coin (QUP) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.17 across 40 shared trading days). QUP has been the more volatile of the two, at 324% annualised against PYTH's 98%.
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0.17over 40 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 | QUP | PYTH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -80.5% | -81.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.15 | 0.70 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +76.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -46.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PYTH outperformed QUP by 62.5% — measured on the QUP/PYTH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.