Aave (AAVE) is 46.5× the size of RealLink (REAL) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.07 across 46 shared trading days). REAL has been the more volatile of the two, at 271% annualised against AAVE's 87%.
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-0.07over 46 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 | REAL | AAVE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -90.0% | -79.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.31 | 0.46 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +56.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -42.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: AAVE outperformed REAL by 88.6% — measured on the REAL/AAVE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.