On 2026-07-15, GBP/USD closed at 1.33971, up 0.37% on the day. It trades at 46.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 55.16 is in the 66th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of -0.22% in the 46th 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 1.32938 / 1.33861 / 1.33959, with price +0.78% / +0.08% / +0.01% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 3.25% below the high and 2.96% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.387% daily, in the 19th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00833 (83.3 pips), 0.62% of price. It has returned +0.36% over 5 days and -0.83% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.33971 +0.369%
price & change (as of 2026-07-15, prior 2026-07-14)
close 1.33971
change +0.00492 (+0.369%, +49.2 pips)
gap +0.00470 (+47.0 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-15)
range 0.01150 (115.0 pips)
close pos 12.6% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-15)
20d MA 1.32938 price above by +0.78%
50d MA 1.33861 price above by +0.08%
200d MA 1.33959 price above by +0.01%
price > all MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-07-15)
20d stdev 0.387% daily ≈ 6.1% annualized (×√252) (19th pct of own history, since 2003 (5844 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.89× (0.387% vs 0.432% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-15)
ATR(14) 0.00833 (83.3 pips)
ATR% 0.62% (9th pct of own history, since 2003 (5850 obs))
range/ATR 138.0%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-15)
high 1.38468 (-3.25% from high)
low 1.30117 (+2.96% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-15)
RSI(14) 55.16 (66th pct of own history, since 2003 (5850 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-15)
5d return +0.36%
20d return -0.22%
60d return -0.83%
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 0.4324%
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 2026-07-15, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-07-30 (15 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-07-15, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-07-29 (14 days)
differential +0.12% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-15)
vs DXY -0.69
vs S&P 500 +0.24
vs DXY beta -0.74 (26w)