On 2026-07-17, GBP/USD closed at 1.34789, down 0.46% on the day. It trades at 55.9% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 59.13 is in the 78th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +2.10% in the 83rd percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +10.8% of open interest, in the 47th percentile of its own two-year range. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 1.33197 / 1.33835 / 1.33965, with price +1.20% / +0.71% / +0.61% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 2.66% below the high and 3.59% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.368% daily, in the 15th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00898 (89.8 pips), 0.67% of price. It has returned +0.47% over 5 days and +0.09% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.34789 -0.461%
price & change (as of 2026-07-17, prior 2026-07-16)
close 1.34789
change -0.00624 (-0.461%, -62.4 pips)
gap -0.00628 (-62.8 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-17)
range 0.00554 (55.4 pips)
close pos 93.5% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-17)
20d MA 1.33197 price above by +1.20%
50d MA 1.33835 price above by +0.71%
200d MA 1.33965 price above by +0.61%
price > all MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-07-17)
20d stdev 0.368% daily ≈ 5.8% annualized (×√252) (15th pct of own history, since 2003 (5846 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.85× (0.368% vs 0.434% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-17)
ATR(14) 0.00898 (89.8 pips)
ATR% 0.67% (16th pct of own history, since 2003 (5852 obs))
range/ATR 61.7%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-17)
high 1.38468 (-2.66% from high)
low 1.30117 (+3.59% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-17)
RSI(14) 59.13 (78th pct of own history, since 2003 (5852 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-17)
5d return +0.47%
20d return +2.10%
60d return +0.09%
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 0.4341%
positioning (as of 2026-07-14)
next COT as of 2026-07-21 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +28,541 contracts (net long GBP)
net % OI +10.8%
net%OI range -5.4% … +29.1% (own 133w)
w/w change +10,562
rate differential (GBP–USD policy)
GBP (BOE_BANK_RATE) 3.75% (as of 2026-07-16, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-07-30 (13 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-07-16, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-07-29 (12 days)
differential +0.12% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-17)
vs DXY -0.70
vs S&P 500 +0.21
vs DXY beta -0.76 (26w)