Aster (ASTER) is 46157.0× the size of WanSwap [OLD] (WASP) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.21 across 29 shared trading days). ASTER has been the more volatile of the two, at 90% annualised against WASP's 27%.
WASPASTER
0.21over 29 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 | WASP | ASTER |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -8.1% | -77.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.17 | 0.35 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ASTER outperformed WASP by 1.3% — measured on the WASP/ASTER ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.