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" were 147,947 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 141,437 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 717 observations in total. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 76,215 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 168,454 on 30 June 2026; they hit a trough of 25,981 on 31 December 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 134779.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 141437.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 147947.0 |
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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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