Snapmuse.io (SMX) and RaveDAO (RAVE) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.24 across 42 shared trading days). SMX has been the more volatile of the two, at 168% annualised against RAVE's 89%.
SMXRAVE
-0.24over 42 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 | SMX | RAVE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -84.5% | -56.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.28 | -0.60 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +201.2% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -73.4% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: SMX outperformed RAVE by 56.2% — measured on the SMX/RAVE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.