Arweave (AR) is 1304.4× the size of Real World Services (RWS) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.03 across 162 shared trading days). AR has been the more volatile of the two, at 119% annualised against RWS's 70%.
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0.03over 162 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 | RWS | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -68.9% | -80.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.04 | 0.58 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +124.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -53.3% |
Relative strength over 90 days: AR outperformed RWS by 55.1% — measured on the RWS/AR ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.