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
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), long positions held by asset managers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 19,403 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 25,632 on 22 September.
Sample. In the weekly time series shown in the chart, there are 717 data points in total. The series covers the time span stretching from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics computed on the entire sample: positions averaged 35,869 contracts; they reached their maximum of 110,147 on 18 July 2023; they reached their lowest level of 1,401 on 15 March 2016.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 45568.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 25632.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 19403.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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