NEAR Protocol (NEAR) is 169461.9× the size of Searxly (SEARXLY) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.25 across 28 shared trading days). NEAR has been the more volatile of the two, at 109% annualised against SEARXLY's 59%.
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0.25over 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 | SEARXLY | NEAR |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -25.3% | -68.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.43 | 1.01 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +195.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: NEAR outperformed SEARXLY by 1.7% — measured on the SEARXLY/NEAR ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.