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What positions do traders hold in BRITISH POUND futures?

In BRITISH POUND futures, leveraged funds held a net long position of 24,104 contracts and open interest was 254,060 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in BRITISH POUND futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Net is long less short, ours; contracts

Net positions in BRITISH POUND futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in BRITISH POUND futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

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  • Leveraged funds+24,104
  • Asset managers and institutional−134,621
  • Dealers and intermediaries+125,120

Open interest in BRITISH POUND futures each week, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Contracts

Open interest in BRITISH POUND futures each week, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in BRITISH POUND futures each week, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

Each point is one week of BRITISH POUND futures from the CFTC's Traders in Financial Futures report (futures only): the net position, long contracts less short contracts, of one group of traders, or all open contracts. The chart shows up to the newest ten years. Pointing at the chart shows the week and the value.

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The latest week of BRITISH POUND futures beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year and five years earlier. The weeks of the last two years and every group's long and short are in the tables under "The numbers behind the chart".

MeasureLatestThe week beforeA year earlierFive years earlier
Week
Open interest254,060268,532237,520158,961
Leveraged funds, net+24,104+10,313+39,094+6,182
Asset managers and institutional, net−134,621−145,735−59,437−2,773
Dealers and intermediaries, net+125,120+150,796+25,821−1,077

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Right now

Leveraged funds held a net long position of 24,104 contracts in BRITISH POUND futures in the week to , the largest net long since the week of .

The dealers and intermediaries were net long 125,120 contracts that week, and asset managers and institutional net short 134,621 contracts.

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Open interestBRITISH POUND, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 254,060 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

−14,472 contracts from the week before, held by 95 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 13 June 2006

Open interest was highest at 392,591 contracts in the week of .

Leveraged funds held their largest net long, 127,689 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 90,282 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Asset managers and institutional: net short 134,621 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

Dealers and intermediaries: net long 125,120 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net long 485 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

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Understanding the futures positions report

Where it stands today

Leveraged funds were net long 24,104 contracts in BRITISH POUND futures in the week of 20 October 2026.

Who are the groups in the report?

The CFTC's Traders in Financial Futures report, one of its Commitments of Traders reports, gives the positions held in each financial futures market on a Tuesday, sorted by kind of trader: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional investors, dealers and intermediaries, other reportable traders and traders below the reporting level.

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A position is a number of contracts, long or short; dealers, asset managers, leveraged funds and other reportables also report spread positions, which hold both. The CFTC assigns each reporting trader to a group from the business the trader reports. This page uses the report's futures-only figures, which leave out options. The report gives the contract size of BRITISH POUND futures as (CONTRACTS OF GBP 62,500), and the market as BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE.

What 500metrics adds: net positions (long less short, which leave out spread positions), the change from the week before, the records since the week of 13 June 2006, and the last week a group's net position was larger on the same side.

The numbers behind the chart

How were the BRITISH POUND positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in BRITISH POUND futures (BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Leveraged funds59,53435,4301,199+24,104
Asset managers and institutional21,818156,4395,242−134,621
Dealers and intermediaries135,75110,6317,097+125,120
Other reportable traders48500+485
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)22,93438,022n/a−15,088

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What were the net positions in BRITISH POUND futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in BRITISH POUND futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
254,060+24,104−134,621+125,120+485
268,532+10,313−145,735+150,796−894
265,890+12,432−145,442+148,033−767
251,740+4,606−128,544+134,633−888
244,925+13,239−115,805+108,142−464
314,293+18,878−89,211+68,223+460
318,608+34,627−105,864+68,548+955
317,961+43,167−107,333+59,203+1,191
318,468+47,909−104,491+48,405+2,316
286,371+42,877−117,240+68,565+1,578
256,447+40,670−119,863+81,399+460
246,577+38,174−125,814+92,011+460
267,426+41,097−140,911+107,350+460
262,281+33,236−119,089+85,978+613
265,153+28,541−131,404+109,230+624
282,969+17,979−143,257+135,307+434
295,062+16,273−156,307+159,925−741
297,226+7,567−149,424+159,992−423
323,315+16,836−113,468+104,9720
291,371+22,312−109,656+99,0010
271,147+27,353−101,566+82,480+608
282,065+28,829−109,325+82,6460
285,647+31,369−112,313+85,3350
283,643+37,302−93,150+56,874+566
276,143+26,049−102,630+78,3570
263,635+28,882−93,753+67,869+483
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WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
263,523+29,137−83,186+57,811+1,038
250,053+22,331−87,915+69,540+568
244,191+26,533−99,460+79,768−497
243,461+29,932−101,532+80,840−497
238,862+15,716−94,463+82,009−497
243,434+11,768−95,958+89,502−497
392,591+20,102−120,503+103,1150
269,696+34,506−125,547+95,515+145
245,891+40,151−110,158+68,966+145
238,845+42,366−93,543+45,533+894
227,574+43,479−78,601+23,963+465
227,888+35,411−66,688+23,345+1,085
224,459+37,143−75,587+27,286+460
207,612+40,778−86,493+40,956−139
207,867+38,090−79,934+41,801+277
206,314+28,947−78,442+47,163+1,032
196,003+25,691−76,981+51,439+1,127
198,132+18,835−79,794+63,287+129
282,031+14,548−82,641+70,375−371
332,405+6,468−105,618+107,853+64
299,768+4,865−114,553+118,487+236
315,550−1,329−121,437+133,446−1,901
279,341+8,725−116,293+122,298−891
272,612+12,554−118,350+115,979+1,216
270,917+25,923−115,674+99,961+1,598
248,118+40,393−81,113+47,299+259
233,484+39,657−68,457+27,769−139
237,520+39,094−59,437+25,821−317
247,550+34,862−46,066+11,334−1,077
226,426+32,111−56,967+22,000+1,708
233,166+27,662−44,909+9,791+2,288
234,531+21,613−42,998+10,793−1,087
322,879+16,955−70,307+51,334−1,803
226,437+21,679−81,390+58,518−143
219,906+23,654−74,738+46,176−483
219,831+22,454−67,141+40,425−131
216,082+27,369−71,970+42,124−1,099
206,254+39,972−83,325+43,620−927
207,879+47,701−65,596+20,840−1,649
195,467+51,517−58,253+2,307−740
187,275+47,523−27,161−27,258−1,394
191,557+36,649−13,154−31,012−2,831
188,689+30,106−6,886−31,785−4,007
179,898+41,684−13,302−33,238−4,784
177,026+35,848−7,433−36,752−869
213,940+41,530+4,310−52,296−2,472
233,601+39,399+1,379−53,492−1,036
202,990+38,734−1,440−46,021−2,761
195,326+32,196−6,200−32,402−3,418
194,861+32,386−5,746−28,690−2,793
200,214+30,531−1,918−31,079−3,035
192,312+27,548−946−29,320−3,046
179,555+29,767−5,112−23,762−5,842
177,006+34,058−17,600−7,308−12,130
176,910+44,408−18,833−5,274−18,786
187,160+48,250−14,915−23,424−14,075
191,212+40,706−5,390−35,268−6,447
180,841+31,956−13,128−23,850−4,320
248,457+27,933−25,452−14,192+8,543
200,634+33,750−44,639+9,591+6,162
200,468+32,068−47,298+30,211−4,332
203,370+34,804−56,476+34,063−2,173
208,138+31,622−68,065+48,383+1,372
204,644+22,899−65,076+56,565−682
206,821+19,928−69,610+69,568−2,204
212,688+33,048−64,331+51,774+1
200,826+34,874−55,229+38,358−2,580
188,770+47,313−58,082+23,561−4,009
188,879+49,108−54,926+15,348−2,947
188,844+52,674−61,644+18,464−3,015
187,135+54,541−58,042+12,777−3,887
311,725+41,462−42,338−2,559+8,656
243,504+52,240−67,319+18,307+7,103
239,062+55,942−67,462+14,723+5,645
220,896+50,711−43,180−8,981+2,699
212,345+48,537−18,370−37,275+4,010
219,857+42,279−15,566−40,184+2,995
221,535+56,721−18,928−47,627+1,889

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • Positions are those of the Tuesday the report is dated; the CFTC released the report on 23 October 2026.
  • A trader's group comes from the CFTC's own classification. Nonreportable positions are open interest less the reportable positions.
  • Net positions leave out spread positions, so a group's long and short do not account for all of its contracts.
  • Records and ranks are counted from the week of 13 June 2006, the start of this market's latest run of weekly reports. The CFTC can revise a week in a later report, and our collector keeps the earlier figure.
  • Contracts are not comparable between markets: the size of one is the CFTC's contract size above.
  • Market names are the CFTC's own, written as it writes them. 500metrics is independent and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any index provider, exchange or company named in them.

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How to cite this

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders, Traders in Financial Futures report (futures only), BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in BRITISH POUND futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/british-pound.

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