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Daily network digest

Friday, August 21, 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

BIP was the most central name, carrying 3.18× the influence of an average node across 1493 stocks.

stocks
1493
Density
0.236
Clustering
0.519
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
BIP 1 0.00213 3.18× 45.0% 14.1% BATRA, EMA, KFY, CATY, ADP
SCHW 2 0.00192 2.87× 55.4% 11.2% MCD, EWBC, ASB, HWC, AME
WEC 3 0.00186 2.78× 54.2% 9.8% TOWN, SCHW, BALL, TEL, DPZ
INVH 4 0.00183 2.74× 46.6% 12.5% AIZ, UPS, D, LECO, ENB
BCO 5 0.00182 2.72× 60.5% 19.2% NATL, FE, JPM, AEP, STE
AM 6 0.00181 2.71× 53.7% 12.9% VTR, MCD, VICI, HLT, WSBC
MTDR 7 0.00181 2.70× 55.8% 23.6% ESS, LXP, SLF, NHI, OGE
JXN 8 0.00180 2.68× 57.1% 25.9% BRK.B, O, CBSH, PNW, LNT
PFE 9 0.00179 2.67× 45.1% 11.6% ET, VMC, DUK, GL, FFIN
EWBC 10 0.00178 2.66× 61.3% 16.7% RY, FTS, CP, STE, CSX

Volatility watch

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

SymbolScore Recent volatility
FCFS 0.8910 4.69%
BGC 0.8833 4.30%
VIK 0.8785 4.17%
TRMB 0.8679 2.70%
TDS 0.8564 1.82%
MOG.A 0.8541 4.22%
LBRDA 0.8531
LBRDK 0.8488
AVT 0.8445 4.02%
BMRN 0.8354 2.29%

Rising influence vs 2026-08-20

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
MTDR 0.001810.00010 +0.00170
JXN 0.001800.00010 +0.00170
UI 0.001750.00010 +0.00165
CAT 0.001710.00010 +0.00161
WH 0.001690.00010 +0.00159

Falling influence

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
CSW 0.000100.00161 -0.00151
BWLP 0.000100.00154 -0.00144
NKE 0.000100.00154 -0.00144
ENS 0.000100.00153 -0.00143
CLMT 0.000100.00150 -0.00140

Cryptocurrency

XAUTUSD was the most central name, carrying 7.82× the influence of an average node across 353 assets.

assets
353
Density
0.135
Clustering
0.365
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 0.02216 7.82× 75.6% 16.5% LSKUSD, SAGAUSD, BONKEUR, RAREUSD, KMNOUSD
PAXGUSD 2 0.02008 7.09× 72.7% 15.1% BONKEUR, ZRXUSD, SAGAUSD, RAREUSD, RLCUSD
SBRUSD 3 0.01099 3.88× 50.9% 30.7% DOGEUSD, BCHNUSD, MIRUSD, RARIUSD, UNFIUSD
AERGOUSD 4 0.01092 3.85× 54.8% 15.3% XAUTUSD, RSRUSD, ALGUSD, DENTUSD, PAXGUSD
FISUSD 5 0.01013 3.58× 48.6% 13.4% LTCBTC, XAUTUSD, DRVUSD, ZEUSUSD, PAXGUSD
CQTUSD 6 0.00918 3.24× 45.5% 27.8% GUSD, TRACUSD, SAFEUSD, IDEXUSD, C98USD
LTCBTC 7 0.00875 3.09× 46.6% 6.5% ELAUSD, PRIMEUSD, CPOOLUSD, UNFIUSD, ACSUSD
UNFIUSD 8 0.00827 2.92× 38.9% 32.7% SUSHIUSD, INDEXUSD, GALAUSD, ENSUSD, OGNUSD
SWFTCUSD 9 0.00791 2.79× 39.2% 8.0% XAUTUSD, SUKUUSD, SBRUSD, PAXGUSD, EWTUSD
ZROUSD 10 0.00790 2.79× 33.8% 12.5% MULTIUSD, SYRUPUSD, ZENUSD, LDOUSD, MNTUSD

Rising influence vs 2026-08-20

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
SBRUSD 0.010990.00436 +0.00663
CQTUSD 0.009180.00257 +0.00661
AERGOUSD 0.010920.00552 +0.00540
FXSUSD 0.007390.00262 +0.00477
AMPUSD 0.006700.00196 +0.00473

Falling influence

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
REQUSD 0.002150.01182 -0.00967
AURORAUSD 0.002870.00998 -0.00712
GOMININGUSD 0.002400.00903 -0.00662
LEOUSD 0.002740.00699 -0.00425
KNCUSD 0.001940.00616 -0.00422

Foreign exchange

USDEGP was the most central name, carrying 10.92× the influence of an average node across 551 pairs.

pairs
551
Density
0.035
Clustering
0.399
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
USDEGP 1 0.01981 10.92× 9.6% 2.0% SEKINR, ZARTRY, ZARINR, NOKINR, INRSEK
XAGARS 2 0.00896 4.94× 14.0% 5.8% AEDZAR, LKRZAR, OMRZAR, TZSZAR, BRLRUB
KRWTHB 3 0.00891 4.91× 4.9% 1.3% THBINR, XAUEUR, XAUJPY, JPYINR, XAUMXN
ARSCOP 4 0.00844 4.65× 5.5% 2.9% LRDGBP, ARSPEN, CDFGBP, BWPCHF, GBPCDF
TZSZAR 5 0.00750 4.13× 10.4% 11.6% ZARAED, KRWINR, LKRZAR, ZARTRY, ZARSGD
LKRZAR 6 0.00746 4.11× 16.0% 10.0% ZARAED, ZARTRY, ZARNGN, KRWINR, MXNZAR
NADUSD 7 0.00740 4.08× 6.4% 2.2% UYUGBP, CLPMXN, MXNPEN, GBPUYU, CLPARS
COPCAD 8 0.00739 4.07× 5.8% 4.4% USDUGX, PENCLP, SZLGBP, COPZAR, CLPCNY
EURZMW 9 0.00649 3.57× 1.3% 0.7% EURBHD, EURPGK, EURGHS, EURPYG
CHFRUB 10 0.00643 3.54× 10.0% 4.0% XAUJPY, XAUINR, XAGRUB, GBPPEN, PENGBP

Rising influence vs 2026-08-20

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
USDEGP 0.019810.00337 +0.01644
XAGARS 0.008960.00234 +0.00661
KRWTHB 0.008910.00252 +0.00639
ARSCOP 0.008440.00236 +0.00608
TZSZAR 0.007500.00267 +0.00483

Falling influence

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
ZMWZAR 0.004070.01209 -0.00802
ARSAUD 0.001540.00739 -0.00585
EGPZAR 0.002220.00756 -0.00534
USDMUR 0.001980.00709 -0.00511
XAUAUD 0.002210.00727 -0.00506

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.