Hamster Kombat (HMSTR) is 947.4× the size of Utgard (UTG) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.04 across 183 shared trading days). HMSTR has been the more volatile of the two, at 135% annualised against UTG's 35%.
UTGHMSTR
-0.04over 183 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 | UTG | HMSTR |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -39.2% | -81.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.53 | -0.61 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +121.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: UTG outperformed HMSTR by 23.0% — measured on the UTG/HMSTR ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.