YieldNest (YND) and Ether.fi (ETHFI) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.26 across 22 shared trading days). YND has been the more volatile of the two, at 118% annualised against ETHFI's 100%.
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0.26over 22 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 | YND | ETHFI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -41.5% | -84.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.35 | 0.54 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +78.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -46.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ETHFI outperformed YND by 28.6% — measured on the YND/ETHFI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.