Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 236.6× the size of SPARK (SPARK) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.12 across 31 shared trading days). SPARK has been the more volatile of the two, at 220% annualised against VIRTUAL's 119%.
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0.12over 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 | SPARK | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -39.2% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.24 | 0.04 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SPARK outperformed VIRTUAL by 32.1% — measured on the SPARK/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.