PunkStrategy (PNKSTR) is 43.6× the size of SquiggleStrategy (SQUIGSTR) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.33 across 22 shared trading days). PNKSTR has been the more volatile of the two, at 213% annualised against SQUIGSTR's 127%.
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0.33over 22 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 | SQUIGSTR | PNKSTR |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -95.0% | -53.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.50 | 0.09 |
Relative strength over 90 days: PNKSTR outperformed SQUIGSTR by 22.8% — measured on the SQUIGSTR/PNKSTR ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.