Ethena (ENA) is 289958.8× the size of SurfCash (SURF) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.11 across 21 shared trading days). SURF has been the more volatile of the two, at 73555% annualised against ENA's 112%.
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-0.11over 21 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 | SURF | ENA |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -99.6% | -88.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.00 | 0.69 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +107.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ENA outperformed SURF by 11.8% — measured on the SURF/ENA ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.