COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders 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), long positions held by non-reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 34,151 contracts on 3 February 2026, compared to 36,620 on 27 January 2026.
Sample. There are 683 observations in the weekly series shown in the figure above. The period covered by the series extends from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here are some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had an average value of 26,831 contracts; they achieved a maximum of 109,784 on 16 December 2025; they hit a trough of 13,304 on 15 March 2016.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 33243.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 36620.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 34151.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-reporting traders 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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