Axie Infinity (AXS) is 3.6× the size of XYO Network (XYO) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.62 across 54 shared trading days). AXS has been the more volatile of the two, at 121% annualised against XYO's 64%.
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0.62over 54 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 | XYO | AXS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -23.4% | -72.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.01 | -0.04 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +248.7% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: XYO outperformed AXS by 13.2% — measured on the XYO/AXS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.