Vodra (VDR) and CJournal (CJL) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.05 across 30 shared trading days). CJL has been the more volatile of the two, at 485% annualised against VDR's 278%.
VDRCJL
-0.05over 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 | VDR | CJL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -89.3% | -87.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.55 | -0.16 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +843.4% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -73.3% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: VDR outperformed CJL by 238.7% — measured on the VDR/CJL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.