COT reports: Compensated (spread) 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), compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 6,499 contracts on 3 February 2026, versus 5,399 on 27 January.
Sample. There are 683 data points in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The time range covered by the series goes from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions hit a trough of 166 contracts on 2 July 2013; they achieved a maximum of 9,816 on 26 November 2024; they had a mean of 3,856.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 4900.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 5399.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 6499.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) 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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