If $X \sim U(-2,2)$ ,find the correlation between $X,|X|$

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If $X \sim U(-2,2)$ ,find the correlation between $X,|X|$ It is clear that $|X| \sim U(0,2)$. Obviously , $E(X)=0$ Then $E(X|X|)=E(X^2 \cap X>0)-E(X^2 \cap X \le 0)=0$ due to symmetry. Thus, the correlation coefficient becomes 0.Am I going wrong somewhere?