On 2026-07-22, GBP/USD closed at 1.33792, down 0.39% on the day. It trades at 44.0% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 50.02 is in the 49th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +1.36% in the 72nd 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 1.33498 / 1.33739 / 1.33976, with price +0.22% / +0.04% / -0.14% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 3.38% below the high and 2.82% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.377% daily, in the 17th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00875 (87.5 pips), 0.65% of price. It has returned -0.13% over 5 days and -1.07% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.33792 -0.391%
price & change (as of 2026-07-22, prior 2026-07-21)
close 1.33792
change -0.00525 (-0.391%, -52.5 pips)
gap -0.00529 (-52.9 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-22)
range 0.00365 (36.5 pips)
close pos 61.6% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-22)
20d MA 1.33498 price above by +0.22%
50d MA 1.33739 price above by +0.04%
200d MA 1.33976 price below by -0.14%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-07-22)
20d stdev 0.377% daily ≈ 6.0% annualized (×√252) (17th pct of own history, since 2003 (5849 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.87× (0.377% vs 0.434% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-22)
ATR(14) 0.00875 (87.5 pips)
ATR% 0.65% (14th pct of own history, since 2003 (5855 obs))
range/ATR 41.7%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-22)
high 1.38468 (-3.38% from high)
low 1.30117 (+2.82% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-22)
RSI(14) 50.02 (49th pct of own history, since 2003 (5855 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-22)
5d return -0.13%
20d return +1.36%
60d return -1.07%
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 0.4336%
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 2026-07-22, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-07-30 (8 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-07-21, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-07-29 (7 days)
differential +0.12% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-22)
vs DXY -0.70
vs S&P 500 +0.22
vs DXY beta -0.84 (26w)