COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers 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 dealers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 3,976 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 3,934 on 22 September.
Sample. This weekly time series has 717 observations in total. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean value of 3,598 contracts; they reached their highest level of 126,784 on 10 March 2026; they recorded a bottom of 0 on 6 October 2015.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 4164.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 3934.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 3976.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers 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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