Zcash (ZEC) is 5.6× the size of Sui (SUI) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, ZEC is ahead by 149.6 percentage points (ZEC +89.0% against SUI -60.6%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.38 across 399 shared trading days). ZEC has been the more volatile of the two, at 147% annualised against SUI's 89%.
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0.38over 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 | ZEC | SUI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -71.8% | -81.6% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.08 | 0.23 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +188.2% | +69.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -59.2% | -53.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ZEC outperformed SUI by 98.2% — measured on the ZEC/SUI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.