Genius (GENIUS) is 4196.8× the size of Velvet AI (VELAI) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.21 across 27 shared trading days). VELAI has been the more volatile of the two, at 140% annualised against GENIUS's 95%.
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0.21over 27 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 | VELAI | GENIUS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -48.7% | -61.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.28 | -0.15 |
Relative strength over 90 days: GENIUS outperformed VELAI by 36.0% — measured on the VELAI/GENIUS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.