Arbitrum (ARB) is 482.1× the size of Syscoin (SYS) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.56 across 238 shared trading days). SYS has been the more volatile of the two, at 131% annualised against ARB's 103%.
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0.56over 238 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 | SYS | ARB |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -92.0% | -84.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.34 | 0.66 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +157.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ARB outperformed SYS by 62.1% — measured on the SYS/ARB ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.