Midnight (NIGHT) is 135.7× the size of Ycash (YEC) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.23 across 32 shared trading days). YEC has been the more volatile of the two, at 388% annualised against NIGHT's 114%.
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-0.23over 32 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 | YEC | NIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -68.9% | -67.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.10 | 1.07 |
Relative strength over 90 days: NIGHT outperformed YEC by 36.3% — measured on the YEC/NIGHT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.