COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by asset managers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 124,990 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus 122,962 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. There are 691 records in the weekly series shown in the graph above. The series covers the span of time going from January 2013 to March 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had a mean value of 73,755 contracts; they recorded their maximum of 154,158 on 3 March 2026; they reached their lowest level of 25,981 on 31 December 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 126022.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 122962.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 124990.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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