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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

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 578 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 327 on 24 March 2026.

Sample. There are 691 records overall in the weekly series presented in the chart above. The time range covered by the series is from January 2013 to March 2026.

History. Check out some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 3,404 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 0 on 6 October 2015; they reached a maximum of 126,784 on 10 March 2026.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-03-17 2275.0
2026-03-24 327.0
2026-03-31 578.0

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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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GBP_USD

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by dealers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by dealers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
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 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by asset managers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
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 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by leveraged money managers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money managers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money managers in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 691 2013-01-08 2026-03-31