Hyperliquid (HYPE) is 1623240.4× the size of Tidal Finance (TIDAL) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.10 across 30 shared trading days). HYPE has been the more volatile of the two, at 81% annualised against TIDAL's 44%.
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0.10over 30 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 | TIDAL | HYPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -9.0% | -18.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.01 | 0.56 |
Relative strength over 90 days: TIDAL outperformed HYPE by 4.9% — measured on the TIDAL/HYPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.