Hyperliquid (HYPE) is 198242.3× the size of SNAKE (SNAKE) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.26 across 31 shared trading days). SNAKE has been the more volatile of the two, at 203% annualised against HYPE's 81%.
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0.26over 31 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 | SNAKE | HYPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -43.6% | -18.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.00 | 0.56 |
Relative strength over 90 days: SNAKE outperformed HYPE by 4.7% — measured on the SNAKE/HYPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.