Aerodrome Finance (AERO) is 6.0× the size of RaveDAO (RAVE) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.30 across 55 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 95% annualised.
RAVEAERO
0.30over 55 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 | RAVE | AERO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -56.3% | -36.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.58 | 0.42 |
Relative strength over 90 days: AERO outperformed RAVE by 63.2% — measured on the RAVE/AERO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.