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Daily network digest

Monday, September 28, 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

AEP was the most central name, carrying 3.22× the influence of an average node across 1493 stocks.

stocks
1493
Density
0.234
Clustering
0.525
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
AEP 1 0.00216 3.22× 55.4% 10.9% PBA, IRT, PRI, CVS, LNT
WRB 2 0.00215 3.21× 44.4% 11.6% NNI, GHC, MDLZ, BRX, D
WBD 3 0.00208 3.10× 51.3% 15.1% NI, AIZ, SPGI, XYL, HESM
LIN 4 0.00206 3.08× 48.9% 10.9% NLY, ITGR, RGA, CMS, SAIC
SR 5 0.00204 3.05× 52.3% 8.8% HESM, RNST, MCD, RF, USB
BRK.B 6 0.00198 2.95× 50.9% 6.7% MCHB, UBS, RDN, GNTX, AXP
DUK 7 0.00195 2.91× 50.3% 5.8% BYD, ICE, WRB, LOPE, PRK
AIZ 8 0.00192 2.87× 60.6% 14.1% ELS, RY, SFNC, DTM, MDLZ
BNS 9 0.00191 2.85× 57.6% 10.3% ALLE, WRB, FSV, PAG, CME
MKL 10 0.00191 2.85× 55.0% 11.9% SPG, LIN, BNS, CNP, CLH

Volatility watch

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

SymbolScore Recent volatility
SNX 0.9567 5.14%
HHH 0.9485 4.48%
MGM 0.9290 4.56%
NYT 0.8970 4.32%
PLNT 0.8916 5.44%
ACM 0.8672 3.24%
JXN 0.8596 1.52%
FANG 0.8579 1.68%
GM 0.8577 2.49%
AN 0.8565 2.41%

Rising influence vs 2026-09-25

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
AEP 0.002160.00048 +0.00167
GIB 0.001630.00010 +0.00153
BSX 0.001580.00010 +0.00148
CMCSA 0.001570.00010 +0.00147
VNO 0.001570.00010 +0.00147

Falling influence

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
UI 0.000100.00204 -0.00194
NXPI 0.000100.00180 -0.00170
NEU 0.000100.00164 -0.00154
BOX 0.000100.00162 -0.00152
KKR 0.000100.00160 -0.00150

Cryptocurrency

PAXGUSD was the most central name, carrying 5.82× the influence of an average node across 342 assets.

assets
342
Density
0.145
Clustering
0.376
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
PAXGUSD 1 0.01701 5.82× 73.3% 12.9% XRPUSD, BADGERUSD, JTOUSD, RARIEUR, AUDIOUSD
XAUTUSD 2 0.01699 5.81× 73.0% 14.7% XRPUSD, HIGHUSD, RARIEUR, ADXUSD, JTOUSD
FISUSD 3 0.01551 5.30× 65.1% 15.2% MOVRUSD, HIGHUSD, BADGERUSD, C98USD, ARKMUSD
MLNUSD 4 0.01132 3.87× 49.9% 7.9% AMPUSD, LTCBTC, SYNUSD, FLOWUSD, FISUSD
GOMININGUSD 5 0.01076 3.68× 51.6% 21.1% GALAUSD, DEGENUSD, SPAUSD, ALICEUSD, DIMOUSD
SUKUUSD 6 0.01068 3.65× 49.9% 23.8% LRCUSD, TRACUSD, NANOUSD, CTXUSD, FISUSD
UNFIUSD 7 0.01045 3.57× 48.1% 41.1% STRKUSD, TRBUSD, GMTUSD, PNUTUSD, HYPEUSD
ELAUSD 8 0.01025 3.51× 48.7% 31.4% 1INCHUSD, BONKEUR, UMAUSD, PRIMEUSD, EIGENUSD
LTCBTC 9 0.00877 3.00× 38.1% 13.5% BCHEUR, LCXUSD, PERPUSD, KAVAUSD, FISUSD
XDCUSD 10 0.00851 2.91× 43.4% 8.2% TAOUSD, NCTUSD, BTCAUD, RADUSD, OXTUSD

Rising influence vs 2026-09-27

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
XAUTUSD 0.016990.00483 +0.01216
PAXGUSD 0.017010.00649 +0.01052
MLNUSD 0.011320.00446 +0.00687
GOMININGUSD 0.010760.00405 +0.00671
ELAUSD 0.010250.00445 +0.00581

Falling influence

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
TRACUSD 0.001890.01081 -0.00891
OCEANUSD 0.002880.01179 -0.00890
HOPRUSD 0.004250.01258 -0.00833
POLSUSD 0.002550.00885 -0.00630
A8USD 0.002040.00718 -0.00514

Foreign exchange

ZMWZAR was the most central name, carrying 6.87× the influence of an average node across 565 pairs.

pairs
565
Density
0.035
Clustering
0.395
Diameter
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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 0.01216 6.87× 13.8% 10.3% XAUBRL, DOPGBP, USDEGP, INRMYR, ZARSGD
ZARNGN 2 0.00860 4.86× 9.6% 9.0% SGDZAR, USDRUB, MXNZAR, XAUBRL, LKRZAR
ZARHKD 3 0.00774 4.37× 9.2% 5.7% OMRZAR, CHFZAR, INRKRW, GBPINR, ZARCHF
USDMUR 4 0.00772 4.36× 3.4% 3.2% COPMXN, CADZAR, KWDEUR, ZARARS, USDHUF
EGPZAR 5 0.00754 4.26× 9.8% 9.0% SGDZAR, MXNZAR, LKRZAR, ZARSGD, ARSHKD
UYUEUR 6 0.00671 3.79× 3.9% 1.2% GBPBTN, GBPNPR, EURMUR, MXNCLP, USDQAR
ZARJPY 7 0.00646 3.65× 6.6% 8.7% NOKRUB, USDRUB, CADBRL, XAUCNY, XAUUSD
ARSAUD 8 0.00634 3.58× 13.8% 3.4% MYRIDR, INRMYR, THBMYR, HUFCAD, ZARMYR
USDUYU 9 0.00605 3.42× 5.3% 1.4% DOPUSD, DKKCOP, COPDKK, COPCLP, COPZAR
UYUGBP 10 0.00602 3.40× 5.5% 1.4% DOPUSD, DKKCOP, COPDKK, CADCOP, GBPCOP

Rising influence vs 2026-09-25

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
ZMWZAR 0.012160.00384 +0.00832
ZARHKD 0.007740.00110 +0.00664
ZARJPY 0.006460.00058 +0.00588
USDMUR 0.007720.00213 +0.00560
EURINR 0.005770.00028 +0.00549

Falling influence

SymbolPageRank PreviousChange
USDEGP 0.003720.01992 -0.01620
COPCAD 0.002820.00831 -0.00549
XAGARS 0.002380.00768 -0.00530
KRWTHB 0.002710.00784 -0.00514
LKRZAR 0.002530.00738 -0.00484

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.