Summer (SUMR) and Aerodrome Finance (AERO) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.03 across 27 shared trading days). SUMR has been the more volatile of the two, at 2771% annualised against AERO's 101%.
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-0.03over 27 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 | SUMR | AERO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -86.8% | -36.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.04 | 0.42 |
Relative strength over 90 days: SUMR outperformed AERO by 165.8% — measured on the SUMR/AERO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.