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Correlation Matrix

Enter up to 8 tickers and see how their daily returns actually move together — the pairwise correlation heatmap, the pairs that are secretly the same trade, and the ones doing real diversification work. Live market data. Share a matrix by copying the URL.

Tickers

2–8 tickers · daily closes · Pearson on daily returns.

Pairwise Correlations

Add tickers and hit Compute.

Correlation says diversified — the signal says what to hold

How the math works

Returns — daily closes over the lookback window, aligned on the trading days every ticker shares, converted to simple daily returns close_t / close_(t-1) − 1.

Correlation — Pearson's r on each pair's aligned return series: cov(a,b) / (σa × σb), from −1 (perfect hedge) to +1 (same trade).

Reading it — above ~0.8: the pair is one bet wearing two tickers. 0.3–0.8: related but distinct. Below ~0.3: genuine diversification. Negative: a natural hedge — rare among equities, more common across asset classes.

Caveats — correlations are regime-dependent and tend to spike toward 1 in crashes exactly when you need them low; a 1-year window smooths over that. Pearson also only captures linear co-movement.