COT reports: Long 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), long positions held by dealers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 132,294 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 128,153 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. There are 691 data points in the weekly time series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time range extending from January 2013 to March 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had an average value of 68,395 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 199,736 on 8 March 2016; they reached a minimum of 0 on 22 August 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 130725.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 128153.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 132294.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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