On 2026-07-13, GBP/USD closed at 1.33869, down 0.21% on the day. It trades at 44.9% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 54.68 is in the 65th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of -0.47% in the 41st percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +6.4% of open interest, in the 34th percentile of its own two-year range. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 1.32987 / 1.33932 / 1.33966, with price +0.66% / -0.05% / -0.07% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 3.32% below the high and 2.88% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.376% daily, in the 17th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.0077 (77 pips), 0.57% of price. It has returned +0.25% over 5 days and -0.72% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.33869 -0.214%
price & change (as of 2026-07-13, prior 2026-07-10)
close 1.33869
change -0.00287 (-0.214%, -28.7 pips)
gap -0.00291 (-29.1 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-13)
range 0.00445 (44.5 pips)
close pos 44.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-13)
20d MA 1.32987 price above by +0.66%
50d MA 1.33932 price below by -0.05%
200d MA 1.33966 price below by -0.07%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-07-13)
20d stdev 0.376% daily ≈ 6.0% annualized (×√252) (17th pct of own history, since 2003 (5842 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.87× (0.376% vs 0.433% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-13)
ATR(14) 0.00770 (77.0 pips)
ATR% 0.57% (5th pct of own history, since 2003 (5848 obs))
range/ATR 57.8%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-13)
high 1.38468 (-3.32% from high)
low 1.30117 (+2.88% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-13)
RSI(14) 54.68 (65th pct of own history, since 2003 (5848 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-13)
5d return +0.25%
20d return -0.47%
60d return -0.72%
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 0.4327%
positioning (as of 2026-07-07)
next COT as of 2026-07-14 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +17,979 contracts (net long GBP)
net % OI +6.4%
net%OI range -5.4% … +29.1% (own 132w)
w/w change +1,706
rate differential (GBP–USD policy)
GBP (BOE_BANK_RATE) 3.75% (as of 2026-07-13, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-07-30 (17 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.62% (as of 2026-07-13, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-07-29 (16 days)
differential +0.13% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-13)
vs DXY -0.70
vs S&P 500 +0.24
vs DXY beta -0.76 (26w)