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
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 non-reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 25,040 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 27,018 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. There are 698 observations overall in the weekly time series displayed in the figure above. The time period covered by the series is from January 2013 to May 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions reached their minimum of 13,304 contracts on 15 March 2016; they reached their maximum of 109,784 on 16 December 2025; they were equal on average to 26,824.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 25560.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 27018.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 25040.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-reporting traders 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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