Retik Finance (RETIK) and Uniswap (UNI) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.28 across 28 shared trading days). UNI has been the more volatile of the two, at 101% annualised against RETIK's 39%.
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-0.28over 28 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 | RETIK | UNI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -13.9% | -74.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.28 | 0.73 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +143.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -47.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: RETIK outperformed UNI by 12.6% — measured on the RETIK/UNI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.