Chainlink (LINK) is 554.9× the size of STANDARD (STANDARD) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.24 across 25 shared trading days). STANDARD has been the more volatile of the two, at 229% annualised against LINK's 71%.
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0.24over 25 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 | STANDARD | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -39.2% | -69.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.15 | 0.47 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +61.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LINK outperformed STANDARD by 44.6% — measured on the STANDARD/LINK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.