SpecGuard (GUARD) and Achi (ACH) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.04 across 29 shared trading days). GUARD has been the more volatile of the two, at 779% annualised against ACH's 75%.
GUARDACH
-0.04over 29 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 | GUARD | ACH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -93.7% | -72.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.12 | 0.05 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +62.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -41.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ACH outperformed GUARD by 87.1% — measured on the GUARD/ACH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.