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
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 non-reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were -8,340 contracts on 16 June 2026, compared to -11,657 on 9 June.
Sample. This weekly time series has 702 observations overall. The series covers the span of time going from January 2013 to June 2026.
History. Take a look at some simple statistics computed on the whole sample: positions averaged -4,037 contracts; they hit a maximum of 23,649 on 6 May 2014; they recorded a bottom of -37,699 on 5 March 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | -8875.0 |
| 2026-06-09 | -11657.0 |
| 2026-06-16 | -8340.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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