# BRITISH POUND — Commitments of Traders

Latest report: 2026-10-13
Market: BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
Commodity group: FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

## Latest positions (2026-10-13)

- Open interest: 289,928 contracts
- Speculator long: 45,850 (15.8% of OI)
- Speculator short: 152,012 (52.4% of OI)
- Speculator NET: -106,162
- Commercial long: 209,671 (72.3% of OI)
- Commercial short: 89,057 (30.7% of OI)
- Commercial NET: +120,614
- Total traders: 107

## Week-over-week change

- Change in open interest: -11,727
- Change in speculator long: +1,694
- Change in speculator short: -137
- Change in commercial long: -9,784
- Change in commercial short: -7,946

## 52-week history (most recent first)

| Week | Open Interest | Spec Long | Spec Short | Comm Long | Comm Short |
|------|--------------:|----------:|-----------:|----------:|-----------:|
| 2026-10-13 | 289,928 | 45,850 | 152,012 | 209,671 | 89,057 |
| 2026-10-06 | 301,655 | 44,156 | 152,149 | 219,456 | 97,003 |
| 2026-09-29 | 286,840 | 42,089 | 144,177 | 204,851 | 93,021 |
| 2026-09-22 | 272,081 | 55,525 | 146,122 | 178,655 | 83,000 |
| 2026-09-15 | 336,070 | 70,423 | 131,713 | 141,478 | 81,858 |
| 2026-09-08 | 340,657 | 74,831 | 132,434 | 216,702 | 160,724 |
| 2026-09-01 | 342,054 | 86,210 | 135,784 | 207,509 | 161,924 |
| 2026-08-25 | 342,220 | 96,734 | 136,263 | 195,170 | 161,315 |
| 2026-08-18 | 307,213 | 79,177 | 133,143 | 182,351 | 132,498 |
| 2026-08-11 | 276,362 | 67,382 | 123,704 | 168,862 | 109,848 |
| 2026-08-04 | 267,615 | 55,654 | 115,233 | 173,670 | 109,183 |
| 2026-07-28 | 290,496 | 58,929 | 128,936 | 192,259 | 114,573 |
| 2026-07-21 | 285,858 | 64,084 | 122,135 | 176,009 | 117,237 |
| 2026-07-14 | 285,260 | 51,156 | 123,630 | 192,548 | 113,180 |
| 2026-07-07 | 301,829 | 43,633 | 133,624 | 219,651 | 119,452 |
| 2026-06-30 | 320,579 | 35,496 | 140,699 | 248,742 | 125,042 |
| 2026-06-23 | 324,265 | 39,010 | 147,582 | 248,592 | 122,795 |
| 2026-06-16 | 343,223 | 42,934 | 113,777 | 184,752 | 105,781 |
| 2026-06-09 | 310,958 | 46,000 | 110,061 | 227,822 | 152,507 |
| 2026-06-02 | 296,304 | 53,849 | 105,332 | 194,754 | 134,640 |
| 2026-05-26 | 308,993 | 57,420 | 121,192 | 207,028 | 141,176 |
| 2026-05-19 | 319,502 | 67,027 | 136,456 | 210,307 | 136,564 |
| 2026-05-12 | 306,204 | 80,962 | 123,675 | 180,131 | 135,946 |
| 2026-05-05 | 300,700 | 65,948 | 125,479 | 190,570 | 129,360 |
| 2026-04-28 | 288,367 | 64,433 | 122,679 | 185,707 | 123,995 |
| 2026-04-21 | 288,680 | 69,551 | 118,631 | 182,564 | 128,617 |
| 2026-04-14 | 269,572 | 59,586 | 109,386 | 174,348 | 119,927 |
| 2026-04-07 | 261,657 | 48,517 | 104,832 | 180,714 | 118,245 |
| 2026-03-31 | 269,407 | 49,192 | 104,769 | 182,108 | 118,409 |
| 2026-03-24 | 263,202 | 47,194 | 104,402 | 173,958 | 113,849 |
| 2026-03-17 | 266,117 | 45,278 | 110,249 | 181,389 | 111,661 |
| 2026-03-10 | 413,743 | 50,161 | 132,911 | 288,467 | 203,037 |
| 2026-03-03 | 301,725 | 61,015 | 135,395 | 181,304 | 102,446 |
| 2026-02-24 | 271,844 | 69,048 | 123,725 | 148,061 | 94,396 |
| 2026-02-17 | 266,433 | 83,086 | 122,075 | 128,188 | 94,001 |
| 2026-02-10 | 255,409 | 89,611 | 109,417 | 111,182 | 102,058 |
| 2026-02-03 | 259,444 | 96,685 | 103,132 | 109,869 | 109,654 |
| 2026-01-27 | 259,234 | 91,210 | 102,316 | 114,137 | 112,402 |
| 2026-01-20 | 228,335 | 83,192 | 104,600 | 100,495 | 83,655 |
| 2026-01-13 | 226,757 | 80,794 | 105,762 | 105,864 | 80,367 |
| 2026-01-06 | 230,356 | 78,000 | 107,948 | 108,244 | 79,069 |
| 2025-12-30 | 219,308 | 71,641 | 106,569 | 110,022 | 73,373 |
| 2025-12-23 | 222,443 | 66,153 | 108,264 | 116,840 | 71,724 |
| 2025-12-16 | 304,769 | 64,291 | 114,491 | 118,712 | 65,955 |
| 2025-12-09 | 355,087 | 60,605 | 139,617 | 226,023 | 137,711 |
| 2025-12-02 | 327,211 | 54,098 | 132,807 | 224,697 | 136,639 |
| 2025-11-25 | 343,903 | 45,510 | 137,745 | 246,321 | 144,800 |
| 2025-11-18 | 307,607 | 53,455 | 132,845 | 214,571 | 120,813 |
| 2025-11-10 | 296,359 | 51,339 | 133,507 | 203,905 | 110,208 |
| 2025-11-04 | 316,549 | 59,425 | 127,938 | 205,229 | 125,469 |
| 2025-10-28 | 276,811 | 82,854 | 109,102 | 153,042 | 120,119 |
| 2025-10-21 | 258,380 | 76,975 | 95,795 | 139,337 | 121,117 |

## Source

- CFTC Public Reports: https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/Public-Reports/Commitments-of-Traders-Public-Reporting-API/jun7-fc8e