Bittensor (TAO) is 28042.8× the size of Swan Chain (SWAN) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, TAO is ahead by 49.3 percentage points (SWAN -91.0% against TAO -41.7%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.02 across 363 shared trading days). SWAN has been the more volatile of the two, at 137% annualised against TAO's 97%.
SWANTAO
0.02over 363 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 | SWAN | TAO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -91.8% | -70.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.46 | 0.25 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +104.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: TAO outperformed SWAN by 60.8% — measured on the SWAN/TAO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.