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British Pound COT Report

CFTC Commitments of Traders · positions as of Tuesday 2026-09-01, released Sep 4, 2026 (the CFTC reports each Tuesday's close three days later) · next release Sep 11, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)

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British Pound positioning leans bearish - commercials selling (26w index 8).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net long and sit near the bottom of their 26-week range (COT index 8) - a bearish tilt in the traditional read.

A description of how traders are positioned versus their own history - the standard Commitments of Traders interpretation, computed identically for every market. It is not a price forecast, a trading signal, or advice. How traders use positioning · how the read is computed.

As of the COT report, large speculators are net short 49,575 British Pound futures contracts (down 5,051 week-over-week), commercials are net long 45,803, and open interest is 317,961 contracts. Leveraged funds was net long 43,167 contracts as of (down 4,742 week-over-week).

-49,575
Large speculators net · 52w
45,803
Commercials net
22.6
COT index (3-year)
317,961
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "British Pound COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/british-pound/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/british-pound.csv
Net positions since 1988
-100k-50k050k100k2025-092025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
-180k-120k-60k060k120k2021-092022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-180k-120k-60k060k120k1988-041995-112000-122006-022011-032016-052021-072026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
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Positioning - as of Tuesday 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-49,575-5,051-15.6%89.654.122.6
Commercials45,803+7,14014.4%8.439.672.0
Small traders3,772-2,0891.2%91.674.463.6

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

Traders in Financial Futures report - positions as of Tue 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Dealer/intermediary59,203+10,79818.6%9.732.961.5
Asset manager-107,333-2,842-33.8%67.043.227.1
Leveraged funds43,167-4,74213.6%88.290.458.0
Other reportables1,191-1,1250.4%63.273.372.8
Small traders3,772-2,0891.2%91.674.463.6

Full Traders in Financial Futures report history: CSV · switch the chart above to this report family for the full series.

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-09-01317,961-49,575-5,05145,803+7,1403,772
2026-08-25318,468-44,524+10,04938,663-11,6905,861
2026-08-18286,371-54,573+1,64850,353-8,5344,220
2026-08-11256,447-56,221+1,59358,887-3,758-2,666
2026-08-04246,577-57,814+7,00062,645-10,165-4,831
2026-07-28267,426-64,814-9,25372,810+16,511-7,996
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

Full history, no login: CSV (1988-04-29 → 2026-09-01) · 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 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 49,575 contracts in British Pound futures.
How current is this British Pound COT data?
The latest report is dated 2026-09-01 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-09-04. 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 2026-09-01) 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 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.