The Sandbox (SAND) is 5017.7× the size of SkyNity SkyDust (SDT) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.06 across 178 shared trading days). SDT has been the more volatile of the two, at 155% annualised against SAND's 103%.
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0.06over 178 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 | SDT | SAND |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -98.8% | -88.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -2.26 | 0.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +94.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SDT outperformed SAND by 112.7% — measured on the SDT/SAND ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.