Chainlink (LINK) is 600.6× the size of TronBank (TBK) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.14 across 281 shared trading days). TBK has been the more volatile of the two, at 132% annualised against LINK's 71%.
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-0.14over 281 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 | TBK | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -92.7% | -69.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.55 | 0.47 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +61.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LINK outperformed TBK by 74.1% — measured on the TBK/LINK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.