BRITISH POUND COT Report, Traders in Financial Futures
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Leveraged Funds net +24,104 contracts in BRITISH POUND, positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026.
Data as of Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026; published Fri 23 Oct 2026
Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026 - published Fri 23 Oct 2026 (CFTC, Friday release)
Report family
Traders in Financial Futures
Basis
Futures only
Market
BRITISH POUND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
096742
Contract unit
Contracts Of Gbp 62,500
Open interest, contracts
254,060
Change in open interest, contracts
-14,472
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Dealer/Intermediary
135,751
10,631
7,097
+125,120
53.4
4.2
49.2
Asset Manager/Institutional
21,818
156,439
5,242
-134,621
8.6
61.6
-53.0
Leveraged Funds
59,534
35,430
1,199
+24,104
23.4
13.9
9.5
Other Reportables
485
0
0
+485
0.2
0.0
0.2
Total reportable
231,126
216,038
-
+15,088
91.0
85.0
5.9
Nonreportable
22,934
38,022
-
-15,088
9.0
15.0
-5.9
Leveraged Funds: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Leveraged Funds net, contracts
+24,104
Week change
+13,791
4-week change
+10,865
13-week change
-9,132
Net as % of open interest
9.5%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
42
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
29
Z-score, 52 weeks
-0.15
COT Index, 3 years
38
52-week high of net
+47,909
52-week low of net
-1,329
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Dealer/Intermediary
10
5
Asset Manager/Institutional
10
28
Leveraged Funds
20
21
Other Reportables
-
0
Total reportable
49
66
Largest 4 traders, gross long
48.9%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
44.0%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
65.2%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
54.2%
Largest 4 traders, net long
47.3%
Largest 4 traders, net short
43.4%
Largest 8 traders, net long
62.4%
Largest 8 traders, net short
53.5%
Concentration is the share of open interest held by the largest traders, as published in the report.
Latest report, futures and options combined
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Dealer/Intermediary
133,336
11,830
16,928
+121,506
47.5
4.2
43.3
Asset Manager/Institutional
20,742
156,929
6,735
-136,187
7.4
55.9
-48.5
Leveraged Funds
63,274
33,612
15,162
+29,662
22.5
12.0
10.6
Other Reportables
485
40
18
+445
0.2
0.0
0.2
Total reportable
256,680
241,255
-
+15,425
91.4
85.9
5.5
Nonreportable
24,192
39,617
-
-15,425
8.6
14.1
-5.5
The combined basis adds options converted to futures equivalents at exchange delta factors. The two bases are never mixed in one series; the history on this page is futures only.
Recent reports, net by category
Report date
Open interest
Dealer/Intermediary
Asset Manager/Institutional
Leveraged Funds
Other Reportables
Total reportable
Nonreportable
Tue 20 Oct 2026
254,060
+125,120
-134,621
+24,104
+485
+15,088
-15,088
Tue 13 Oct 2026
268,532
+150,796
-145,735
+10,313
-894
+14,480
-14,480
Tue 6 Oct 2026
265,890
+148,033
-145,442
+12,432
-767
+14,256
-14,256
Tue 29 Sep 2026
251,740
+134,633
-128,544
+4,606
-888
+9,807
-9,807
Tue 22 Sep 2026
244,925
+108,142
-115,805
+13,239
-464
+5,112
-5,112
Tue 15 Sep 2026
314,293
+68,223
-89,211
+18,878
+460
-1,650
+1,650
Tue 8 Sep 2026
318,608
+68,548
-105,864
+34,627
+955
-1,734
+1,734
Tue 1 Sep 2026
317,961
+59,203
-107,333
+43,167
+1,191
-3,772
+3,772
Tue 25 Aug 2026
318,468
+48,405
-104,491
+47,909
+2,316
-5,861
+5,861
Tue 18 Aug 2026
286,371
+68,565
-117,240
+42,877
+1,578
-4,220
+4,220
Spreading is calendar-spread positions. It prints as its own column and is not part of net. Percentile is the share of weeks in the window with a net at or below the current net. The COT Index places the current net within its 3-year range, 0 at the low and 100 at the high. Gauges print only when the window holds enough history. History is the series as currently published by the CFTC, including its corrections; first-release vintages are not kept. An extreme reading is a condition of crowding, not a buy or sell signal: speculative categories are trend followers and are usually largest near price extremes.
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, Traders in Financial Futures report, futures only unless stated. Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026, published Fri 23 Oct 2026.