COT reports: Net long positions held by other 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 other reporting traders in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 1,085 contracts on 3 February 2026, compared to 460 on 27 January 2026.
Sample. There are 683 data points in the weekly series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the period going from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics computed on the entire sample: positions reached a minimum of -35,089 contracts on 8 July 2014; they recorded their maximum of 21,657 on 26 March 2013; they had a mean value of -4,851.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | -139.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 460.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 1085.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other 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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