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Daily network digest

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Directed information-flow networks for this session, covering US equities, Cryptocurrency, Foreign exchange. Each class is estimated independently over a trailing one-year window; the tables below rank the assets carrying the most influence within their own network.

Jump to: US equities · Cryptocurrency · Foreign exchange

US equities

BMO was the most central name, carrying 3.09× the influence of an average node across 1494 stocks.

stocks
1494
Density
0.249
Clustering
0.528
Diameter
2

Most central

Ranked by PageRank within the session's directed network. “vs average” shows influence relative to a node with no advantage — 1.00× would mean perfectly ordinary.

Symbol#PageRank vs averageReceives fromSends toStrongest outgoing
BMO 1 0.00207 3.09× 51.5% 10.7% ES, ACGL, ARCC, ITGR, SLGN
ATO 2 0.00201 3.01× 52.4% 7.8% KO, PBA, CUBE, PNFP, MCY
WRB 3 0.00198 2.96× 56.9% 12.4% SR, PNR, KIM, VTR, USB
AIZ 4 0.00197 2.95× 55.5% 12.3% SWX, MDLZ, MSA, COR, EMA
AEP 5 0.00196 2.92× 44.0% 14.1% PBA, IRT, MDLZ, EGP, RCI
CSQ 6 0.00192 2.86× 57.0% 4.6% BCPC, MTCH, VNT, WSM, FFIV
TECH 7 0.00191 2.85× 61.5% 33.0% INGR, CB, AWK, BRK.B, ELS
SO 8 0.00189 2.82× 51.8% 10.4% CPT, ACT, USB, UNM, V
LIN 9 0.00186 2.78× 47.1% 9.9% RGA, RJF, ARMK, CRBG, CUZ
RJF 10 0.00179 2.68× 57.8% 14.1% ESS, GHC, CHD, HESM, ACGL

Volatility watch

Highest modelled probability of elevated volatility ahead. A research output, not a directional call.

SymbolScore Recent volatility
ITRI 0.9411 2.88%
NYT 0.9331 6.34%
EHC 0.9325 5.40%
DVA 0.9272 7.66%
ITGR 0.9267 7.84%
MSFT 0.9264 2.21%
DLB 0.9079 5.44%
RBA 0.9074 6.73%
LDOS 0.9004 4.67%
SLGN 0.8955 2.80%

Rising influence vs 2026-08-05

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
TECH 0.001910.00010 +0.00181
VST 0.001600.00010 +0.00150
AXP 0.001520.00010 +0.00141
A 0.001510.00010 +0.00141
IVZ 0.001500.00010 +0.00140

Falling influence

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
PFSI 0.000100.00163 -0.00153
MTDR 0.000100.00163 -0.00153
APO 0.000100.00161 -0.00151
KRC 0.000100.00152 -0.00142
AMTM 0.000100.00151 -0.00141

Cryptocurrency

XAUTUSD was the most central name, carrying 7.42× the influence of an average node across 362 assets.

assets
362
Density
0.146
Clustering
0.372
Diameter
2

Most central

Ranked by PageRank within the session's directed network. “vs average” shows influence relative to a node with no advantage — 1.00× would mean perfectly ordinary.

Symbol#PageRank vs averageReceives fromSends toStrongest outgoing
XAUTUSD 1 0.02050 7.42× 78.9% 20.2% RAREUSD, BONKUSD, MLNUSD, BLURUSD, RARIEUR
PAXGUSD 2 0.01817 6.58× 75.9% 18.6% RAREUSD, BONKUSD, KEYUSD, INJUSD, BLURUSD
AERGOUSD 3 0.01005 3.64× 53.7% 14.7% XAUTUSD, RSRUSD, PONDUSD, KP3RUSD, VANRYUSD
SBRUSD 4 0.00821 2.97× 40.4% 20.8% TRXUSD, UNFIUSD, ILVUSD, HFTUSD, BCHEUR
SGBUSD 5 0.00819 2.96× 43.2% 24.1% ARBUSD, STRKUSD, SAMOUSD, GTCUSD, SWELLUSD
CQTUSD 6 0.00787 2.85× 42.1% 32.4% IDEXUSD, C98USD, BLZUSD, SAFEUSD, TRACUSD
SKYUSD 7 0.00758 2.74× 37.1% 15.8% GTCUSD, LCXUSD, AXLUSD, NKNUSD, VOXELUSD
LTCBTC 8 0.00739 2.68× 46.8% 6.6% PRIMEUSD, ACSUSD, JUPUSD, AEVOUSD, C98USD
XRPBTC 9 0.00734 2.66× 43.2% 10.5% STGUSD, RSRUSD, NMRUSD, L3USD, CQTUSD
ZROUSD 10 0.00732 2.65× 35.5% 12.5% MULTIUSD, SGBUSD, GMTUSD, BICOUSD, SYRUPUSD

Rising influence vs 2026-08-05

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
CQTUSD 0.007870.00218 +0.00569
SBRUSD 0.008210.00333 +0.00488
C98USD 0.006900.00213 +0.00477
XRPBTC 0.007340.00265 +0.00469
LTCBTC 0.007390.00365 +0.00374

Falling influence

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
GOMININGUSD 0.002210.01053 -0.00832
REQUSD 0.002090.00987 -0.00778
AURORAUSD 0.003480.00899 -0.00551
ABTUSD 0.002380.00740 -0.00502
LEOUSD 0.002540.00736 -0.00482

Foreign exchange

ZMWZAR was the most central name, carrying 6.60× the influence of an average node across 552 pairs.

pairs
552
Density
0.041
Clustering
0.415
Diameter

Most central

Ranked by PageRank within the session's directed network. “vs average” shows influence relative to a node with no advantage — 1.00× would mean perfectly ordinary.

Symbol#PageRank vs averageReceives fromSends toStrongest outgoing
ZMWZAR 1 0.01196 6.60× 14.2% 10.2% XAUBRL, DOPGBP, XAUZAR, USDEGP, ZARSGD
ZARNGN 2 0.00795 4.39× 10.0% 7.3% SGDZAR, NOKRUB, XAUBRL, MXNZAR, USDRUB
EGPZAR 3 0.00754 4.16× 10.5% 8.9% SGDZAR, ZARSGD, MXNZAR, ARSUSD, LKRZAR
ARSAUD 4 0.00676 3.73× 14.3% 8.7% XAGGBP, BWPZAR, XAGMXN, XAGBRL, XAGSAR
UYUGBP 5 0.00620 3.42× 6.2% 1.5% DOPUSD, DKKCOP, COPDKK, CADCOP, COPCLP
USDMUR 6 0.00618 3.41× 3.6% 2.9% COPMXN, CADZAR, KWDEUR, JPYRSD, USDHUF
USDUYU 7 0.00611 3.38× 6.0% 1.5% DOPUSD, COPDKK, DKKCOP, COPCLP, CADCOP
XAUAUD 8 0.00610 3.37× 16.7% 6.9% AUDIDR, PLNNOK, CZKNOK, RUBJPY, PHPJPY
GBPUYU 9 0.00597 3.29× 6.0% 1.5% COPDKK, DOPUSD, DKKCOP, COPCLP, GBPCOP
UYUEUR 10 0.00563 3.11× 4.2% 1.1% EURMUR, GBPNPR, GBPBTN, MXNCLP, USDQAR

Rising influence vs 2026-08-05

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
USDUYU 0.006110.00137 +0.00475
ZARJPY 0.005130.00096 +0.00417
EURZMW 0.005530.00182 +0.00371
EURGHS 0.004950.00128 +0.00367
CHFTHB 0.004810.00118 +0.00363

Falling influence

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
ZARINR 0.002080.00866 -0.00659
KRWRUB 0.003210.00814 -0.00493
CLPBRL 0.001370.00596 -0.00459
ZARUSD 0.001520.00563 -0.00411
XAGUSD 0.001300.00521 -0.00391

How these numbers are produced

Transfer entropy measures how much knowing one asset's past reduces uncertainty about another's future, beyond what that asset's own past already explains. Unlike correlation it is directional, so an edge from A to B means A's moves carry information about B's next move — not merely that they move together.

Each night we estimate transfer entropy across three universes — roughly 1,500 US common stocks, 350 cryptocurrencies and 550 currency pairs — over a trailing one-year window, conditioning on a broad market series so that shared market-wide movement is discounted rather than counted as a link. Edges surviving the significance filter form that session's directed network, from which the centrality figures on this page are computed. Coverage differs by class: crypto reaches back to January 2024, equities to August 2025, so older digests may cover fewer classes.

PageRank ranks an asset by how much influence flows into it from other influential assets. In-degree and out-degree are the share of the network sending information to it and receiving information from it. Betweenness captures how often an asset sits on the shortest path between two others.

The volatility watch score is a model estimate of the probability that an asset sees elevated volatility in the coming sessions. It is a research output, not a forecast of price direction, and nothing on this page is investment advice.