Bitcoin (BTC) is 1745883.1× the size of Vulcan Forged (PYR) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, BTC is ahead by 68.3 percentage points (PYR -98.0% against BTC -29.7%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.28 across 365 shared trading days). PYR has been the more volatile of the two, at 159% annualised against BTC's 44%.
| Period | PYR | BTC | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | -65.08% | +5.14% | BTC |
| 30 days | -81.36% | +11.26% | BTC |
| 90 days | -91.63% | +28.33% | BTC |
| 1 year | -98.03% | -29.73% | BTC |
| Metric | PYR | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -98.2% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.48 | 0.74 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed PYR by 89.8% — measured on the PYR/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.
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.