Aave (AAVE) is 2295.5× the size of Scallop (SCA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.13 across 108 shared trading days). SCA has been the more volatile of the two, at 175% annualised against AAVE's 87%.
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0.13over 108 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 | SCA | AAVE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -67.7% | -79.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.20 | 0.46 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +56.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -42.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: AAVE outperformed SCA by 57.0% — measured on the SCA/AAVE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.