Aster (ASTER) is 122.2× the size of Velodrome Finance (VELO) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.31 across 51 shared trading days). VELO has been the more volatile of the two, at 114% annualised against ASTER's 90%.
VELOASTER
0.31over 51 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 | VELO | ASTER |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -31.1% | -77.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.28 | 0.31 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: VELO outperformed ASTER by 27.4% — measured on the VELO/ASTER ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.