COT reports: Net long 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), net long positions held by dealers in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 23,345 contracts on 3 February 2026, versus 27,286 on 27 January.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 683 observations in total. The span of time covered by the series stretches from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Check out some statistics computed on the entire sample: positions hit a minimum of -118,094 contracts on 6 May 2014; they recorded their maximum of 195,814 on 8 March 2016; they were equal on average to 35,187.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 40956.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 27286.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 23345.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long 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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