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British pound positioning

BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE

Latest report date

Positions as of Tuesday.

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Latest net position Net short
−82,568contracts
Speculators' longs − shorts.
Weekly change
−23,853contracts
↓ A shift towards the short side.
Change (%)
−40.6%
Compared with last week's net position.
Open interest
244,925contracts
Weekly change −69,368 contracts (−22.1%)

How positioning has changed

Net position history last 52 weeks

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Net position contracts

British pound net position over the last 52 weeks. The vertical axis is contracts and the horizontal axis is the report date (Tuesday). Above the dashed 0 line is net long, below it net short. Latest: −82,568 contracts. Every week's figures are in the table below. 2025-09-30: −8,894 contracts 2025-10-07: −4,476 contracts 2025-10-14: −11,629 contracts 2025-10-21: −16,775 contracts 2025-10-28: −20,262 contracts 2025-11-04: −55,019 contracts 2025-11-10: −81,004 contracts 2025-11-18: −79,257 contracts 2025-11-25: −93,221 contracts 2025-12-02: −80,180 contracts 2025-12-09: −75,515 contracts 2025-12-16: −48,498 contracts 2025-12-23: −41,199 contracts 2025-12-30: −33,207 contracts 2026-01-06: −30,538 contracts 2026-01-13: −25,270 contracts 2026-01-20: −21,980 contracts 2026-01-27: −16,162 contracts 2026-02-03: −13,911 contracts 2026-02-10: −25,810 contracts 2026-02-17: −42,404 contracts 2026-02-24: −57,072 contracts 2026-03-03: −72,686 contracts 2026-03-10: −84,197 contracts 2026-03-17: −65,515 contracts 2026-03-24: −58,422 contracts 2026-03-31: −52,665 contracts 2026-04-07: −56,354 contracts 2026-04-14: −54,724 contracts 2026-04-21: −52,039 contracts 2026-04-28: −60,639 contracts 2026-05-05: −63,908 contracts 2026-05-12: −43,059 contracts 2026-05-19: −64,307 contracts 2026-05-26: −61,398 contracts 2026-06-02: −52,218 contracts 2026-06-09: −64,213 contracts 2026-06-16: −71,585 contracts 2026-06-23: −105,719 contracts 2026-06-30: −102,147 contracts 2026-07-07: −87,903 contracts 2026-07-14: −71,253 contracts 2026-07-21: −55,561 contracts 2026-07-28: −64,814 contracts 2026-08-04: −57,814 contracts 2026-08-11: −56,221 contracts 2026-08-18: −54,573 contracts 2026-08-25: −44,524 contracts 2026-09-01: −49,575 contracts 2026-09-08: −58,836 contracts 2026-09-15: −58,715 contracts 2026-09-22: −82,568 contracts

Report date (Tuesday)

2025-09-30 – 2026-09-22. This is positioning over time, not price.
Period high
−4,476 contracts
Period low
−105,719 contracts
Period average
−54,047 contracts

Weekly data

Week-by-week record

Newest first · 52 weeks. Figures are in contracts.

Scroll sideways to see every column. “Flipped” marks a week when the skew switched sides.

Weekly net position, weekly change, change in percent, speculators' longs and shorts, and open interest for British pound. Change is in percent; everything else is in contracts.
Report dateNet positionWeekly changeChange (%)LongShortOpen interest
Latest −82,568 −23,853 −40.6% 54,455137,023244,925
−58,715 +121 +0.2% 69,331128,046314,293
−58,836 −9,261 −18.7% 73,520132,356318,608
−49,575 −5,051 −11.3% 85,386134,961317,961
−44,524 +10,049 +18.4% 93,612138,136318,468
−54,573 +1,648 +2.9% 77,343131,916286,371
−56,221 +1,593 +2.8% 65,268121,489256,447
−57,814 +7,000 +10.8% 55,012112,826246,577
−64,814 −9,253 −16.7% 61,458126,272267,426
−55,561 +15,692 +22.0% 64,282119,843262,281
−71,253 +16,650 +18.9% 51,085122,338265,153
−87,903 +14,244 +13.9% 44,564132,467282,969
−102,147 +3,572 +3.4% 37,149139,296295,062
−105,719 −34,134 −47.7% 40,772146,491297,226
−71,585 −7,372 −11.5% 42,043113,628323,315
−64,213 −11,995 −23.0% 45,743109,956291,371
−52,218 +9,180 +15.0% 53,687105,905271,147
−61,398 +2,909 +4.5% 57,978119,376282,065
−64,307 −21,248 −49.3% 68,075132,382285,647
−43,059 +20,849 +32.6% 79,605122,664283,643
−63,908 −3,269 −5.4% 62,573126,481276,143
−60,639 −8,600 −16.5% 59,577120,216263,635
−52,039 +2,685 +4.9% 63,086115,125263,523
−54,724 +1,630 +2.9% 54,947109,671250,053
−56,354 −3,689 −7.0% 47,344103,698244,191
−52,665 +5,757 +9.9% 51,304103,969243,461
−58,422 +7,093 +10.8% 46,459104,881238,862
−65,515 +18,682 +22.2% 44,293109,808243,434
−84,197 −11,511 −15.8% 49,270133,467392,591
−72,686 −15,614 −27.4% 59,499132,185269,696
−57,072 −14,668 −34.6% 67,213124,285245,891
−42,404 −16,594 −64.3% 82,015124,419238,845
−25,810 −11,899 −85.5% 88,373114,183227,574
−13,911 +2,251 +13.9% 94,893108,804227,888
−16,162 +5,818 +26.5% 87,786103,948224,459
−21,980 +3,290 +13.0% 81,332103,312207,612
−25,270 +5,268 +17.3% 79,003104,273207,867
−30,538 +2,669 +8.0% 76,486107,024206,314
−33,207 +7,992 +19.4% 69,492102,699196,003
−41,199 +7,299 +15.1% 63,540104,739198,132
−48,498 +27,017 +35.8% 61,968110,466282,031
−75,515 +4,665 +5.8% 60,319135,834332,405
−80,180 +13,041 +14.0% 52,252132,432299,768
−93,221 −13,964 −17.6% 45,257138,478315,550
−79,257 +1,747 +2.2% 53,189132,446279,341
−81,004 −25,985 −47.2% 52,423133,427272,612
−55,019 −34,757 −171.5% 63,117118,136270,917
−20,262 −3,487 −20.8% 82,471102,733248,118
−16,775 −5,146 −44.3% 75,41992,194233,484
−11,629 −7,153 −159.8% 79,51591,144237,520
−4,476 +4,418 +49.7% 94,41198,887247,550
−8,894 — — 80,54089,434226,426

When there is no previous week, or last week's net position was small, the change is shown as “—”.

Data updates

From report date to publication here

  1. Report date

    Positions as of each Tuesday.

  2. Scheduled CFTC release

    Every Friday at 15:30 (US Eastern)

    Tuesday's figures are published on Friday.

  3. Imported by us

    2026/09/26 06:37 (Japan time)

    We display the data we have stored.

About these figures

Net position and open interest
The net position is speculators' (the CFTC's “noncommercial” category) long contracts minus their short contracts, counted in contracts. Open interest is the number of outstanding contracts across the whole market, which is not the same as speculators' longs plus shorts.
Change in percent and “flipped”
The percentage is “weekly change ÷ absolute value of last week's net position × 100”. When last week's figure was small the percentage swings wildly, so it is not shown (“—”). Weeks in which the skew switched sides are marked “Flipped”.

Source: CFTC (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission) (Commitments of Traders (opens in a new tab)). Imported and displayed by us.

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