Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 55.1× the size of AITECH Cloud Network (ACN) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.09 across 163 shared trading days). VIRTUAL has been the more volatile of the two, at 119% annualised against ACN's 56%.
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0.09over 163 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 | ACN | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -73.7% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.74 | 0.04 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: VIRTUAL outperformed ACN by 32.8% — measured on the ACN/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.