COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: GBP/USD exchange rate COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 6,736 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 6,515 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 698 observations in the weekly time series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time range stretching from January 2013 to May 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics we computed on the full sample: positions recorded their maximum of 9,816 contracts on 26 November 2024; they recorded a minimum of 166 on 2 July 2013; they averaged 3,897.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 4708.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 6515.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 6736.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in futures on the GBP/USD exchange rate |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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