SquadSwap (SQUAD) and Hyperliquid (HYPE) compared side by side. Over the past 30 days, SQUAD is ahead by 1.6 percentage points (SQUAD -4.4% against HYPE -6.0%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.24 across 34 shared trading days). HYPE has been the more volatile of the two, at 82% annualised against SQUAD's 63%.
SQUADHYPE
0.24over 34 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 | SQUAD | HYPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -13.0% | -18.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.11 | 0.58 |
Relative strength over 90 days: SQUAD outperformed HYPE by 10.1% — measured on the SQUAD/HYPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.