Ethereum (ETH) is 8552607.3× the size of Vortex (VRTX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.06 across 63 shared trading days). VRTX has been the more volatile of the two, at 1349% annualised against ETH's 62%.
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-0.06over 63 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 | VRTX | ETH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -95.8% | -66.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.01 | 0.29 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +34.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -44.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ETH outperformed VRTX by 30.4% — measured on the VRTX/ETH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.