COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 243,461 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 238,862 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. The weekly series shown in the graph has 691 records overall. The time span covered by the series goes from January 2013 to March 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 208,810 contracts; they attained a maximum of 392,591 on 10 March 2026; they hit a minimum of 123,602 on 25 June 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 243434.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 238862.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 243461.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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