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
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), net long positions held by asset managers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were -128,544 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to -115,805 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 717 observations. The time span covered by the series extends from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: positions hit a trough of -156,307 contracts on 30 June 2026; they hit a peak of 47,747 on 18 July 2023; they were equal on average to -40,346.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | -89211.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | -115805.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | -128544.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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