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" were 24,496 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 25,203 on 22 September.
Sample. This weekly time series has 717 records. The series covers the time span stretching from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 27,035 contracts; they reached a minimum of 13,304 on 15 March 2016; they reached their highest level of 111,818 on 15 September 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 111818.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 25203.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 24496.0 |
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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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