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British Pound: speculative net positioning in 2nd percentile of 3-year range

Positioning extremeFact · rule-generatedPublished 3 Oct 2026British Pound data

Non-commercial traders were net short 91,075 British Pound futures contracts as of 2026-09-29, the 2nd percentile across 156 weekly reports.

Each statement cites its observations

Facts

  1. 01

    Report date 2026-09-29. Non-commercial long 41,396, short 132,471, net −91,075 contracts.

    Observations: 135208, 135204, 135203, 135207, 135205

  2. 02

    Open interest 251,740 contracts; non-commercial net equals -36.2% of open interest.

    Observations: 135208, 135204, 135203, 135207, 135205

  3. 03

    Percentile rank 2.2 over 156 weeks.

    Observations: 135208, 135204, 135203, 135207, 135205

Underlying observations

Provenance

IDMetricPeriodValueStatusClassObservedSource
135207Commercial long
British Pound
2026-09-29183,786VerifiedPublic2026-10-03 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
135208Commercial short
British Pound
2026-09-2982,904VerifiedPublic2026-10-03 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
135204Non-commercial long
British Pound
2026-09-2941,396VerifiedPublic2026-10-03 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
135205Non-commercial short
British Pound
2026-09-29132,471VerifiedPublic2026-10-03 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
135203Open interest
British Pound
2026-09-29251,740VerifiedPublic2026-10-03 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0

Source: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders (Legacy, futures only). Calculations: EveryIntel. Generated by intelligence-rules/1.0.0; confidence 97%. Findings describe published data; they are not forecasts, investment advice or recommendations. See the methodology.