Ultima (ULTIMA) is 2.5× the size of Request (REQ) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.03 across 57 shared trading days). REQ has been the more volatile of the two, at 78% annualised against ULTIMA's 52%.
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0.03over 57 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 | REQ | ULTIMA |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -63.3% | -51.6% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.05 | -0.96 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +49.7% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -42.0% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: REQ outperformed ULTIMA by 95.6% — measured on the REQ/ULTIMA ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.