Squidlor (SQDLR) and Arc Inu (AI) compared side by side. Over the past 30 days, AI is ahead by 10.2 percentage points (SQDLR -77.6% against AI -67.4%). Their daily returns move loosely in opposite directions (correlation -0.39 across 26 shared trading days). AI has been the more volatile of the two, at 323% annualised against SQDLR's 211%.
SQDLRAI
-0.39over 26 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 | SQDLR | AI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -78.4% | -71.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.37 | -0.22 |
Relative strength over 90 days: AI outperformed SQDLR by 29.0% — measured on the SQDLR/AI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.