The Sandbox (SAND) is 5.9× the size of Yield Guild Games (YGG) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, SAND is ahead by 2.2 percentage points (YGG -76.1% against SAND -73.9%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.62 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 98% annualised.
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0.62over 399 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 | YGG | SAND |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -90.5% | -88.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.37 | 0.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +32.5% | +94.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -48.2% | -48.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: YGG outperformed SAND by 17.7% — measured on the YGG/SAND ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.