Midnight (NIGHT) is 85578.9× the size of zkSealevel (ZKSL) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.08 across 33 shared trading days). NIGHT has been the more volatile of the two, at 114% annualised against ZKSL's 45%.
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0.08over 33 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 | ZKSL | NIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -30.2% | -67.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.61 | 1.07 |
Relative strength over 90 days: NIGHT outperformed ZKSL by 35.5% — measured on the ZKSL/NIGHT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.