Rings scETH (SCETH) and Raydium (RAY) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.13 across 29 shared trading days). RAY has been the more volatile of the two, at 104% annualised against SCETH's 34%.
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0.13over 29 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 | SCETH | RAY |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -18.1% | -81.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.44 | 1.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +170.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -54.0% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SCETH outperformed RAY by 3.3% — measured on the SCETH/RAY ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.