AI Companions (AIC) is 514.3× the size of STIX (STIX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.30 across 41 shared trading days). AIC has been the more volatile of the two, at 314% annualised against STIX's 242%.
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0.30over 41 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 | STIX | AIC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -96.4% | -75.6% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.39 | 0.13 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +267.3% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -89.5% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: AIC outperformed STIX by 53.6% — measured on the STIX/AIC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.