On 2026-07-08, GBP/USD closed at 1.33489, down 0.37% on the day. It trades at 40.4% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 52.07 is in the 56th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of -0.17% in the 46th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +5.5% of open interest, in the 32nd percentile of its own two-year range.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.33489 -0.366%
price & change (as of 2026-07-08, prior 2026-07-07)
close 1.33489
change -0.00490 (-0.366%, -49.0 pips)
gap -0.00530 (-53.0 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-08)
range 0.00534 (53.4 pips)
close pos 45.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-08)
20d MA 1.33000 price above by +0.37%
50d MA 1.34027 price below by -0.40%
200d MA 1.33974 price below by -0.36%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 200d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-07-08)
20d stdev 0.379% daily ≈ 6.0% annualized (×√252) (17th pct of own history, since 2003 (5839 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.87× (0.379% vs 0.433% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-08)
ATR(14) 0.00810 (81.0 pips)
ATR% 0.61% (7th pct of own history, since 2003 (5845 obs))
range/ATR 66.0%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-08)
high 1.38468 (-3.60% from high)
low 1.30117 (+2.59% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-08)
RSI(14) 52.07 (56th pct of own history, since 2003 (5845 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-08)
5d return +0.74%
20d return -0.17%
60d return -1.67%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 0.6129% (from 2003-12-01)
ZIRP-2009 0.5765%
tightening-2015 0.6404%
ZIRP-2019 0.5553%
tightening-2022 0.6549%
easing-2024 0.4333%
positioning (as of 2026-06-30)
next COT as of 2026-07-07 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +16,273 contracts (net long GBP)
net % OI +5.5%
net%OI range -5.4% … +29.1% (own 131w)
w/w change +8,706
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-08)
vs DXY -0.71
vs S&P 500 +0.22
vs DXY beta -0.76 (26w)