On 2026-07-27, GBP/USD closed at 1.33513, up 0.29% on the day. It trades at 40.7% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 48.08 is in the 43rd percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +1.17% in the 69th 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 1.33741 / 1.33702 / 1.33975, with price -0.17% / -0.14% / -0.34% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 3.58% below the high and 2.61% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.393% daily, in the 20th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00849 (84.9 pips), 0.64% of price. It has returned -0.71% over 5 days and -1.69% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.33513 +0.290%
price & change (as of 2026-07-27, prior 2026-07-24)
close 1.33513
change +0.00386 (+0.290%, +38.6 pips)
gap +0.00408 (+40.8 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-27)
range 0.00640 (64.0 pips)
close pos 79.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-27)
20d MA 1.33741 price below by -0.17%
50d MA 1.33702 price below by -0.14%
200d MA 1.33975 price below by -0.34%
price < all MAs
stack: 200d > 20d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-07-27)
20d stdev 0.393% daily ≈ 6.2% annualized (×√252) (20th pct of own history, since 2003 (5852 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.91× (0.393% vs 0.433% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-27)
ATR(14) 0.00849 (84.9 pips)
ATR% 0.64% (11th pct of own history, since 2003 (5858 obs))
range/ATR 75.4%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-27)
high 1.38468 (-3.58% from high)
low 1.30117 (+2.61% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-27)
RSI(14) 48.08 (43rd pct of own history, since 2003 (5858 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-27)
5d return -0.71%
20d return +1.17%
60d return -1.69%
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 0.4331%
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 2026-07-24, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-07-30 (3 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-07-24, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-07-29 (2 days)
differential +0.12% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-27)
vs DXY -0.72
vs S&P 500 +0.28
vs DXY beta -0.77 (26w)