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 68,223 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 68,548 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 715 observations in the weekly series presented in the chart above. The series covers the time range stretching from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions recorded a bottom of -118,094 contracts on 6 May 2014; they attained a maximum of 195,814 on 8 March 2016; they averaged 37,386.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 59,203.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 68,548.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 68,223.0 |
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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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