Currencies

British Pound COT Positioning

As of Oct 6, 2026, commercial hedgers are net long at +111,867 contracts and added to their position by +10,985 week over week.

Latest: Oct 6, 2026
Coverage: Oct 19, 2021 - Oct 6, 2026
Weeks: 260

Commercial net

+111,867

Net long

Week over week

+10,985

Added

Large specs

-97,611

Retail

-14,256

Percentile

99th

Historic high

Net positioning

Commercials vs large speculators

260 weeks

Recent weeks

Week	Commercial net	Large spec net	Retail net
Oct 6, 2026	+111,867	-97,611	-14,256
Sep 29, 2026	+100,882	-91,075	-9,807
Sep 22, 2026	+87,680	-82,568	-5,112
Sep 15, 2026	+57,065	-58,715	+1,650

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GBP commercial and large speculator net positioning from Oct 19, 2021 to Oct 6, 2026, with a 10th-90th percentile band
Week	Commercial net	Large spec net
2021-10-19	-2381	1615
2021-10-26	-13660	14953
2021-11-02	-11732	15047
2021-11-09	17548	-12093
2021-11-16	41182	-31599
2021-11-23	45803	-34579
2021-11-30	53772	-38899
2021-12-07	54624	-38277
2021-12-14	70440	-50748
2021-12-21	71124	-57686
2021-12-28	60101	-50719
2022-01-04	49516	-39171
2022-01-11	38032	-29166
2022-01-18	2848	-247
2022-01-25	16842	-7763
2022-02-01	28891	-23605
2022-02-08	9323	-8545
2022-02-15	2874	2237
2022-02-22	10070	-5809
2022-03-01	14129	-337
2022-03-08	25457	-12526
2022-03-15	37279	-29061
2022-03-22	50390	-37244
2022-03-29	52009	-40070
2022-04-05	57779	-41758
2022-04-12	70949	-53054
2022-04-19	72889	-58914
2022-04-26	87911	-69621
2022-05-03	89026	-73813
2022-05-10	95245	-79598
2022-05-17	94344	-79241
2022-05-24	97042	-80372
2022-05-31	87172	-74105
2022-06-07	80465	-70810
2022-06-14	81063	-65596
2022-06-21	77902	-63247
2022-06-28	70230	-53118
2022-07-05	77009	-56208
2022-07-12	75405	-59089
2022-07-19	70299	-57250
2022-07-26	70959	-53990
2022-08-02	72577	-56409
2022-08-09	52050	-34468
2022-08-16	47217	-33109
2022-08-23	49165	-27966
2022-08-30	51498	-29170
2022-09-06	69958	-50432
2022-09-13	87325	-68086
2022-09-20	73488	-54843
2022-09-27	65217	-46424
2022-10-04	79116	-49539
2022-10-11	64804	-39170
2022-10-18	76309	-51211
2022-10-25	66560	-47805
2022-11-01	65377	-44836
2022-11-08	56255	-39735
2022-11-15	49439	-32834
2022-11-22	51487	-35942
2022-11-29	49232	-36584
2022-12-06	37774	-28193
2022-12-13	31288	-25739
2022-12-20	12657	-5603
2022-12-27	19261	-10887
2023-01-03	29692	-20301
2023-01-10	35268	-29456
2023-01-17	31436	-24697
2023-01-24	27654	-23934
2023-01-31	28668	-18317
2023-02-07	31346	-14121
2023-02-14	34015	-19795
2023-02-21	37641	-21416
2023-02-28	36441	-23724
2023-03-07	33913	-17402
2023-03-14	25702	-17314
2023-03-21	25506	-20498
2023-03-28	22577	-24084
2023-04-04	8881	-14793
2023-04-11	-5341	-2398
2023-04-18	-7995	1302
2023-04-25	-10530	5839
2023-05-02	-4817	1065
2023-05-09	-11528	4528
2023-05-16	-17729	12593
2023-05-23	-16676	11589
2023-05-30	-15208	13235
2023-06-06	-14124	12484
2023-06-13	-18600	6735
2023-06-20	-59003	46608
2023-06-27	-66801	51994
2023-07-03	-63664	50265
2023-07-11	-72701	58063
2023-07-18	-81606	63729
2023-07-25	-76984	58995
2023-08-01	-66719	49562
2023-08-08	-57879	47020
2023-08-15	-60188	50988
2023-08-22	-64724	59107
2023-08-29	-56609	48401
2023-09-05	-49955	46384
2023-09-12	-51168	46174
2023-09-19	-32581	33683
2023-09-26	-8687	15669
2023-10-03	17545	-6680
2023-10-10	21407	-10048
2023-10-17	19971	-11209
2023-10-24	27337	-18636
2023-10-31	34154	-20371
2023-11-07	29166	-16252
2023-11-14	35439	-27730
2023-11-21	31208	-26098
2023-11-28	10064	-7895
2023-12-05	-11983	11665
2023-12-12	-20101	21581
2023-12-19	-27440	19926
2023-12-26	-21902	14092
2024-01-02	-17250	15205
2024-01-09	-22875	20734
2024-01-16	-30980	30931
2024-01-23	-34339	31437
2024-01-30	-37380	34153
2024-02-06	-28872	34475
2024-02-13	-46883	50472
2024-02-20	-49006	46312
2024-02-27	-51590	46358
2024-03-05	-64123	58385
2024-03-12	-78920	70451
2024-03-19	-57617	53200
2024-03-26	-37085	35170
2024-04-02	-39400	43414
2024-04-09	-27055	28252
2024-04-16	2972	8619
2024-04-23	40853	-26233
2024-04-30	43560	-28990
2024-05-07	32970	-21813
2024-05-14	26795	-20075
2024-05-21	-20	1053
2024-05-28	-32173	25402
2024-06-04	-48778	43210
2024-06-11	-56434	52121
2024-06-18	-48760	47621
2024-06-25	-45026	44048
2024-07-02	-65059	62041
2024-07-09	-94586	84690
2024-07-16	-149118	132902
2024-07-23	-154269	142183
2024-07-30	-123159	111471
2024-08-06	-81080	74399
2024-08-13	-58340	47812
2024-08-20	-79955	67511
2024-08-27	-105245	89931
2024-09-03	-120955	108078
2024-09-10	-107278	90288
2024-09-17	-79751	62979
2024-09-24	-104383	86992
2024-10-01	-111435	93765
2024-10-08	-108008	93135
2024-10-15	-99448	85802
2024-10-22	-81062	74576
2024-10-29	-74301	66356
2024-11-05	-55560	45084
2024-11-12	-59148	56050
2024-11-19	-39066	40315
2024-11-26	-12786	21634
2024-12-03	-8995	19326
2024-12-10	-21904	27125
2024-12-17	-16258	21647
2024-12-24	-12844	19323
2024-12-31	-14252	20835
2025-01-07	-5723	14506
2025-01-14	14985	438
2025-01-21	28749	-8257
2025-01-28	39354	-21672
2025-02-04	25029	-11323
2025-02-11	16480	-3168
2025-02-18	10797	-579
2025-02-25	6186	4463
2025-03-04	-13710	18574
2025-03-11	-32361	29193
2025-03-18	-38744	29402
2025-03-25	-50682	44283
2025-04-01	-38790	34626
2025-04-08	-15795	17310
2025-04-15	-9489	6509
2025-04-22	-25439	20490
2025-04-29	-29723	23959
2025-05-06	-34736	29235
2025-05-13	-32059	27216
2025-05-20	-33817	23993
2025-05-27	-46867	35379
2025-06-03	-48965	35215
2025-06-10	-60562	51634
2025-06-17	-52063	42857
2025-06-24	-44035	34395
2025-07-01	-43971	31399
2025-07-08	-43542	33194
2025-07-15	-37481	29191
2025-07-22	-5739	570
2025-07-29	13324	-12028
2025-08-05	32643	-33303
2025-08-12	35517	-39093
2025-08-19	20792	-25185
2025-08-26	25962	-31353
2025-09-02	31804	-33140
2025-09-09	29784	-33605
2025-09-16	-5099	-6580
2025-09-23	-3204	-1964
2025-09-30	7746	-8894
2025-10-07	3529	-4476
2025-10-14	16790	-11629
2025-10-21	15605	-16775
2025-10-28	27100	-20262
2025-11-04	66827	-55019
2025-11-10	92403	-81004
2025-11-18	93096	-79257
2025-11-25	102000	-93221
2025-12-02	89215	-80180
2025-12-09	84282	-75515
2025-12-16	50409	-48498
2025-12-23	43656	-41199
2025-12-30	34483	-33207
2026-01-06	29238	-30538
2026-01-13	25504	-25270
2026-01-20	17082	-21980
2026-01-27	5464	-16162
2026-02-03	7064	-13911
2026-02-10	15116	-25810
2026-02-17	37654	-42404
2026-02-24	56176	-57072
2026-03-03	77305	-72686
2026-03-10	86911	-84197
2026-03-17	70330	-65515
2026-03-24	61187	-58422
2026-03-31	61408	-52665
2026-04-07	62698	-56354
2026-04-14	59248	-54724
2026-04-21	56839	-52039
2026-04-28	64120	-60639
2026-05-05	65684	-63908
2026-05-12	44651	-43059
2026-05-19	68698	-64307
2026-05-26	63548	-61398
2026-06-02	61093	-52218
2026-06-09	75870	-64213
2026-06-16	79925	-71585
2026-06-23	123431	-105719
2026-06-30	121297	-102147
2026-07-07	98366	-87903
2026-07-14	78244	-71253
2026-07-21	56299	-55561
2026-07-28	72810	-64814
2026-08-04	62645	-57814
2026-08-11	58887	-56221
2026-08-18	50353	-54573
2026-08-25	38663	-44524
2026-09-01	45803	-49575
2026-09-08	57102	-58836
2026-09-15	57065	-58715
2026-09-22	87680	-82568
2026-09-29	100882	-91075
2026-10-06	111867	-97611

GBP commercial and large speculator net positioning from Oct 19, 2021 to Oct 6, 2026, with a 10th-90th percentile band

Week

Commercial net

Large spec net

2021-10-19

-2381

1615

2021-10-26

-13660

14953

2021-11-02

-11732

15047

2021-11-09

17548

-12093

2021-11-16

41182

-31599

2021-11-23

45803

-34579

2021-11-30

53772

-38899

2021-12-07

54624

-38277

2021-12-14

70440

-50748

2021-12-21

71124

-57686

2021-12-28

60101

-50719

2022-01-04

49516

-39171

2022-01-11

38032

-29166

2022-01-18

2848

-247

2022-01-25

16842

-7763

2022-02-01

28891

-23605

2022-02-08

9323

-8545

2022-02-15

2874

2237

2022-02-22

10070

-5809

2022-03-01

14129

-337

2022-03-08

25457

-12526

2022-03-15

37279

-29061

2022-03-22

50390

-37244

2022-03-29

52009

-40070

2022-04-05

57779

-41758

2022-04-12

70949

-53054

2022-04-19

72889

-58914

2022-04-26

87911

-69621

2022-05-03

89026

-73813

2022-05-10

95245

-79598

2022-05-17

94344

-79241

2022-05-24

97042

-80372

2022-05-31

87172

-74105

2022-06-07

80465

-70810

2022-06-14

81063

-65596

2022-06-21

77902

-63247

2022-06-28

70230

-53118

2022-07-05

77009

-56208

2022-07-12

75405

-59089

2022-07-19

70299

-57250

2022-07-26

70959

-53990

2022-08-02

72577

-56409

2022-08-09

52050

-34468

2022-08-16

47217

-33109

2022-08-23

49165

-27966

2022-08-30

51498

-29170

2022-09-06

69958

-50432

2022-09-13

87325

-68086

2022-09-20

73488

-54843

2022-09-27

65217

-46424

2022-10-04

79116

-49539

2022-10-11

64804

-39170

2022-10-18

76309

-51211

2022-10-25

66560

-47805

2022-11-01

65377

-44836

2022-11-08

56255

-39735

2022-11-15

49439

-32834

2022-11-22

51487

-35942

2022-11-29

49232

-36584

2022-12-06

37774

-28193

2022-12-13

31288

-25739

2022-12-20

12657

-5603

2022-12-27

19261

-10887

2023-01-03

29692

-20301

2023-01-10

35268

-29456

2023-01-17

31436

-24697

2023-01-24

27654

-23934

2023-01-31

28668

-18317

2023-02-07

31346

-14121

2023-02-14

34015

-19795

2023-02-21

37641

-21416

2023-02-28

36441

-23724

2023-03-07

33913

-17402

2023-03-14

25702

-17314

2023-03-21

25506

-20498

2023-03-28

22577

-24084

2023-04-04

8881

-14793

2023-04-11

-5341

-2398

2023-04-18

-7995

1302

2023-04-25

-10530

5839

2023-05-02

-4817

1065

2023-05-09

-11528

4528

2023-05-16

-17729

12593

2023-05-23

-16676

11589

2023-05-30

-15208

13235

2023-06-06

-14124

12484

2023-06-13

-18600

6735

2023-06-20

-59003

46608

2023-06-27

-66801

51994

2023-07-03

-63664

50265

2023-07-11

-72701

58063

2023-07-18

-81606

63729

2023-07-25

-76984

58995

2023-08-01

-66719

49562

2023-08-08

-57879

47020

2023-08-15

-60188

50988

2023-08-22

-64724

59107

2023-08-29

-56609

48401

2023-09-05

-49955

46384

2023-09-12

-51168

46174

2023-09-19

-32581

33683

2023-09-26

-8687

15669

2023-10-03

17545

-6680

2023-10-10

21407

-10048

2023-10-17

19971

-11209

2023-10-24

27337

-18636

2023-10-31

34154

-20371

2023-11-07

29166

-16252

2023-11-14

35439

-27730

2023-11-21

31208

-26098

2023-11-28

10064

-7895

2023-12-05

-11983

11665

2023-12-12

-20101

21581

2023-12-19

-27440

19926

2023-12-26

-21902

14092

2024-01-02

-17250

15205

2024-01-09

-22875

20734

2024-01-16

-30980

30931

2024-01-23

-34339

31437

2024-01-30

-37380

34153

2024-02-06

-28872

34475

2024-02-13

-46883

50472

2024-02-20

-49006

46312

2024-02-27

-51590

46358

2024-03-05

-64123

58385

2024-03-12

-78920

70451

2024-03-19

-57617

53200

2024-03-26

-37085

35170

2024-04-02

-39400

43414

2024-04-09

-27055

28252

2024-04-16

2972

8619

2024-04-23

40853

-26233

2024-04-30

43560

-28990

2024-05-07

32970

-21813

2024-05-14

26795

-20075

2024-05-21

-20

1053

2024-05-28

-32173

25402

2024-06-04

-48778

43210

2024-06-11

-56434

52121

2024-06-18

-48760

47621

2024-06-25

-45026

44048

2024-07-02

-65059

62041

2024-07-09

-94586

84690

2024-07-16

-149118

132902

2024-07-23

-154269

142183

2024-07-30

-123159

111471

2024-08-06

-81080

74399

2024-08-13

-58340

47812

2024-08-20

-79955

67511

2024-08-27

-105245

89931

2024-09-03

-120955

108078

2024-09-10

-107278

90288

2024-09-17

-79751

62979

2024-09-24

-104383

86992

2024-10-01

-111435

93765

2024-10-08

-108008

93135

2024-10-15

-99448

85802

2024-10-22

-81062

74576

2024-10-29

-74301

66356

2024-11-05

-55560

45084

2024-11-12

-59148

56050

2024-11-19

-39066

40315

2024-11-26

-12786

21634

2024-12-03

-8995

19326

2024-12-10

-21904

27125

2024-12-17

-16258

21647

2024-12-24

-12844

19323

2024-12-31

-14252

20835

2025-01-07

-5723

14506

2025-01-14

14985

438

2025-01-21

28749

-8257

2025-01-28

39354

-21672

2025-02-04

25029

-11323

2025-02-11

16480

-3168

2025-02-18

10797

-579

2025-02-25

6186

4463

2025-03-04

-13710

18574

2025-03-11

-32361

29193

2025-03-18

-38744

29402

2025-03-25

-50682

44283

2025-04-01

-38790

34626

2025-04-08

-15795

17310

2025-04-15

-9489

6509

2025-04-22

-25439

20490

2025-04-29

-29723

23959

2025-05-06

-34736

29235

2025-05-13

-32059

27216

2025-05-20

-33817

23993

2025-05-27

-46867

35379

2025-06-03

-48965

35215

2025-06-10

-60562

51634

2025-06-17

-52063

42857

2025-06-24

-44035

34395

2025-07-01

-43971

31399

2025-07-08

-43542

33194

2025-07-15

-37481

29191

2025-07-22

-5739

570

2025-07-29

13324

-12028

2025-08-05

32643

-33303

2025-08-12

35517

-39093

2025-08-19

20792

-25185

2025-08-26

25962

-31353

2025-09-02

31804

-33140

2025-09-09

29784

-33605

2025-09-16

-5099

-6580

2025-09-23

-3204

-1964

2025-09-30

7746

-8894

2025-10-07

3529

-4476

2025-10-14

16790

-11629

2025-10-21

15605

-16775

2025-10-28

27100

-20262

2025-11-04

66827

-55019

2025-11-10

92403

-81004

2025-11-18

93096

-79257

2025-11-25

102000

-93221

2025-12-02

89215

-80180

2025-12-09

84282

-75515

2025-12-16

50409

-48498

2025-12-23

43656

-41199

2025-12-30

34483

-33207

2026-01-06

29238

-30538

2026-01-13

25504

-25270

2026-01-20

17082

-21980

2026-01-27

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