COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in GBP/USD FX futures of the kind "BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 227,888 contracts on 3 February 2026, compared to 224,459 on 27 January.
Sample. There are 683 data points in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The time span covered by the series is from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Check out a few simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions reached their minimum of 123,602 contracts on 25 June 2013; they peaked at 332,405 on 9 December 2025; they averaged 208,180.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 207612.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 224459.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 227888.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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