Pyth Network (PYTH) is 82011.7× the size of Sounder Liquidity (SOUNDER) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.17 across 35 shared trading days). SOUNDER has been the more volatile of the two, at 368% annualised against PYTH's 98%.
SOUNDERPYTH
-0.17over 35 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 | SOUNDER | PYTH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -89.6% | -81.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.24 | 0.78 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +76.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -46.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PYTH outperformed SOUNDER by 88.1% — measured on the SOUNDER/PYTH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.