COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers 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 dealers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 2,207 contracts on 3 February 2026, versus 2,214 on 27 January 2026.
Sample. There are 683 records overall in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The time range covered by the series goes from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Have a look at a few summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions registered a minimum of 0 contracts on 6 October 2015; they achieved a maximum of 77,236 on 9 September 2025; they averaged 3,205.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 2626.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 2214.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 2207.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers 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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