On 2026-07-24, GBP/USD closed at 1.33127, down 0.47% on the day. It trades at 36.0% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 44.44 is in the 32nd percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +0.95% in the 65th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +12.7% of open interest, in the 52nd percentile of its own two-year range. It is trading below its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 1.33664 / 1.33694 / 1.33978, with price -0.40% / -0.42% / -0.63% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 3.86% below the high and 2.31% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.389% daily, in the 19th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00865 (86.5 pips), 0.65% of price. It has returned -1.23% over 5 days and -2.13% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.33127 -0.467%
price & change (as of 2026-07-24, prior 2026-07-23)
close 1.33127
change -0.00625 (-0.467%, -62.5 pips)
gap -0.00626 (-62.6 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-24)
range 0.00418 (41.8 pips)
close pos 12.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-24)
20d MA 1.33664 price below by -0.40%
50d MA 1.33694 price below by -0.42%
200d MA 1.33978 price below by -0.63%
price < all MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-07-24)
20d stdev 0.389% daily ≈ 6.2% annualized (×√252) (19th pct of own history, since 2003 (5851 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.90× (0.389% vs 0.433% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-24)
ATR(14) 0.00865 (86.5 pips)
ATR% 0.65% (13th pct of own history, since 2003 (5857 obs))
range/ATR 48.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-24)
high 1.38468 (-3.86% from high)
low 1.30117 (+2.31% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-24)
RSI(14) 44.44 (32nd pct of own history, since 2003 (5857 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-24)
5d return -1.23%
20d return +0.95%
60d return -2.13%
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 2026-07-21)
next COT as of 2026-07-28 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +33,236 contracts (net long GBP)
net % OI +12.7%
net%OI range -5.4% … +29.1% (own 134w)
w/w change +4,695
rate differential (GBP–USD policy)
GBP (BOE_BANK_RATE) 3.75% (as of 2026-07-23, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-07-30 (6 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-07-23, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-07-29 (5 days)
differential +0.12% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-23)
vs DXY -0.71
vs S&P 500 +0.24
vs DXY beta -0.84 (26w)