British Pound COT Report

CFTC Commitments of Traders · report date 2026-07-21 (released Jul 24, 2026) · next report expected Jul 31, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)

As of the Jul 21, 2026 COT report, large speculators are net short 55,561 British Pound futures contracts (up 15,692 week-over-week), commercials are net long 56,299, and open interest is 262,281 contracts.

-55,561
Large speculators net
56,299
Commercials net
20.2
COT index (3-year)
262,281
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-55,561+15,692-21.2%54.648.320.2
Commercials56,299-21,94521.5%43.147.875.8
Small traders-738+6,253-0.3%61.759.751.8

Net = long − short (spread positions cancel). COT index: 0 = most net-short of the lookback, 100 = most net-long. How it's computed.

Net positions since 1988

-100k-50k050k100k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-180k-120k-60k060k120k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-180k-120k-60k060k120k1988-041995-102000-122006-012011-032016-042021-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials

Traders in Financial Futures breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Dealer/intermediary85,978-23,252
Asset manager-119,089+12,315
Leveraged funds33,236+4,695
Other reportables613-11
Small traders-738+6,253

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-21262,281-55,561+15,69256,299-21,945-738
2026-07-14265,153-71,253+16,65078,244-20,122-6,991
2026-07-07282,969-87,903+14,24498,366-22,931-10,463
2026-06-30295,062-102,147+3,572121,297-2,134-19,150
2026-06-23297,226-105,719-34,134123,431+43,506-17,712
2026-06-16323,315-71,585-7,37279,925+4,055-8,340
2026-06-09291,371-64,213-11,99575,870+14,777-11,657
2026-06-02271,147-52,218+9,18061,093-2,455-8,875
2026-05-26282,065-61,398+2,90963,548-5,150-2,150
2026-05-19285,647-64,307-21,24868,698+24,047-4,391
2026-05-12283,643-43,059+20,84944,651-21,033-1,592
2026-05-05276,143-63,908-3,26965,684+1,564-1,776
2026-04-28263,635-60,639-8,60064,120+7,281-3,481
2026-04-21263,523-52,039+2,68556,839-2,409-4,800
2026-04-14250,053-54,724+1,63059,248-3,450-4,524
2026-04-07244,191-56,354-3,68962,698+1,290-6,344
2026-03-31243,461-52,665+5,75761,408+221-8,743
2026-03-24238,862-58,422+7,09361,187-9,143-2,765
2026-03-17243,434-65,515+18,68270,330-16,581-4,815
2026-03-10392,591-84,197-11,51186,911+9,606-2,714
2026-03-03269,696-72,686-15,61477,305+21,129-4,619
2026-02-24245,891-57,072-14,66856,176+18,522896
2026-02-17238,845-42,404-16,59437,654+22,5384,750
2026-02-10227,574-25,810-11,89915,116+8,05210,694
2026-02-03227,888-13,911+2,2517,064+1,6006,847
2026-01-27224,459-16,162+5,8185,464-11,61810,698

Full history, no login: CSV (1988-04-29 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF GBP 62,500)
Contract unit (CFTC)
6B
Ticker
CME
Exchange
096742
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short British Pound futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 55,561 contracts in British Pound futures.
How current is this British Pound COT data?
The latest report is dated 2026-07-21 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-07-24. This page updates within minutes of each weekly release.
Where can I download British Pound COT history?
The full weekly series (1988-04-29 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/british-pound.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 096742. Dataset coverage 1988-04-29 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.