ApeCoin (APE) is 88.7× the size of StarLink (STARL) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.62 across 39 shared trading days). APE has been the more volatile of the two, at 117% annualised against STARL's 73%.
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0.62over 39 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 | STARL | APE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -20.8% | -85.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.11 | -0.24 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +113.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -47.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: STARL outperformed APE by 13.8% — measured on the STARL/APE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.