COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money 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 leveraged money managers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 3,325 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 7,329 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 715 records. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here are some statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions averaged 7,181 contracts; they reached a maximum of 38,703 on 10 March 2026; they hit a trough of 237 on 14 September 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 5,078.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 7,329.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 3,325.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money 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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