COT reports: Net 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), net long positions held by non-reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 6,847 contracts on 3 February 2026, versus 10,698 on 27 January.
Sample. There are 683 data points in the weekly time series presented in the graph above. The time span covered by the series extends from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions reached their highest level of 23,649 contracts on 6 May 2014; they hit a trough of -37,699 on 5 March 2013; they were equal on average to -4,054.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 4898.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 10698.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 6847.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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