Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 22961.3× the size of wire bot (WIRE) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.29 across 35 shared trading days). VIRTUAL has been the more volatile of the two, at 119% annualised against WIRE's 85%.
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0.29over 35 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 | WIRE | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -66.2% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.76 | 0.06 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: VIRTUAL outperformed WIRE by 53.8% — measured on the WIRE/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.