Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 118505.8× the size of SAFEMOON (SFM) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.14 across 38 shared trading days). SFM has been the more volatile of the two, at 438% annualised against PENGU's 104%.
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0.14over 38 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 | SFM | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -93.6% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.21 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PENGU outperformed SFM by 92.5% — measured on the SFM/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.