Plasma (XPL) is 10.9× the size of Somnia (SOMI) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, SOMI is ahead by 26.9 percentage points (SOMI -47.4% against XPL -74.2%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.45 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 128% annualised.
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0.45over 399 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 | SOMI | XPL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -90.8% | -94.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.13 | -0.14 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +106.0% | +66.7% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -49.1% | -62.3% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SOMI outperformed XPL by 131.9% — measured on the SOMI/XPL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.