COT reports: Net long positions held by other 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 other reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 1,578 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 460 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 711 records in total. The span of time covered by the series goes from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at a few statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to -4,651 contracts; they reached a maximum of 21,657 on 26 March 2013; they recorded a bottom of -35,089 on 8 July 2014.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 460.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 460.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 1578.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other 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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