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" stood at -112,313 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus -93,150 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. There are 698 data points in the weekly series shown in the figure above. The series covers the period stretching from January 2013 to May 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions had an average value of -38,165 contracts; they reached their minimum of -125,547 on 3 March 2026; they recorded their maximum of 47,747 on 18 July 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | -102630.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | -93150.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | -112313.0 |
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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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