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 -8,743 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus -2,765 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. The weekly time series shown in the plot has 691 observations overall. The period covered by the series extends from January 2013 to March 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions averaged -4,018 contracts; they reached their maximum of 23,649 on 6 May 2014; they recorded a minimum of -37,699 on 5 March 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | -4815.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | -2765.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | -8743.0 |
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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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