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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

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), long positions held by leveraged money managers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 58,402 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus 47,450 on 24 March.

Sample. There are 691 data points in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The period covered by the series stretches from January 2013 to March 2026.

History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics computed on the entire sample: positions averaged 57,705 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 18,732 on 23 July 2013; they attained a maximum of 176,813 on 1 July 2014.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-03-17 46706.0
2026-03-24 47450.0
2026-03-31 58402.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Long positions held by leveraged money 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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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