COT reports: Net long 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), net long positions held by asset managers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were -66,688 contracts on 3 February 2026, versus -75,587 on 27 January.
Sample. There are 683 observations overall in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time span extending from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics computed on the whole sample: positions peaked at 47,747 contracts on 18 July 2023; they reached a trough of -121,437 on 25 November 2025; they were equal on average to -36,818.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | -86493.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | -75587.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | -66688.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long 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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