On 2026-07-28, GBP/USD closed at 1.32899, down 0.46% on the day. It trades at 33.3% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 43.23 is in the 28th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +0.27% in the 54th 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 1.33759 / 1.33674 / 1.33967, with price -0.64% / -0.58% / -0.80% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 4.02% below the high and 2.14% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.399% daily, in the 22nd percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00844 (84.4 pips), 0.64% of price. It has returned -1.06% over 5 days and -1.78% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.32899 -0.460%
price & change (as of 2026-07-28, prior 2026-07-27)
close 1.32899
change -0.00614 (-0.460%, -61.4 pips)
gap -0.00624 (-62.4 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-28)
range 0.00379 (37.9 pips)
close pos 44.1% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-28)
20d MA 1.33759 price below by -0.64%
50d MA 1.33674 price below by -0.58%
200d MA 1.33967 price below by -0.80%
price < all MAs
stack: 200d > 20d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-07-28)
20d stdev 0.399% daily ≈ 6.3% annualized (×√252) (22nd pct of own history, since 2003 (5853 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.92× (0.399% vs 0.433% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-28)
ATR(14) 0.00844 (84.4 pips)
ATR% 0.64% (11th pct of own history, since 2003 (5859 obs))
range/ATR 44.9%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-28)
high 1.38468 (-4.02% from high)
low 1.30117 (+2.14% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-28)
RSI(14) 43.23 (28th pct of own history, since 2003 (5859 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-28)
5d return -1.06%
20d return +0.27%
60d return -1.78%
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 0.4332%
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 2026-07-28, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-07-30 (2 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-07-28, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-07-29 (1 day)
differential +0.12% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-28)
vs DXY -0.72
vs S&P 500 +0.28
vs DXY beta -0.76 (26w)