On 2026-08-07, GBP/USD closed at 1.34553, down 0.11% on the day. It trades at 53.1% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 55.47 is in the 67th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +0.30% in the 54th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +15.5% of open interest, at 60% of its own two-year positioning range. It is trading above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 1.34074 / 1.33644 / 1.33997, with price +0.36% / +0.68% / +0.42% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 2.83% below the high and 3.41% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.433% daily, in the 30th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00799 (79.9 pips), 0.59% of price. It has returned -0.04% over 5 days and +0.48% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.34553 -0.106%
price & change (as of 2026-08-07, prior 2026-08-06)
close 1.34553
change -0.00143 (-0.106%, -14.3 pips)
gap -0.00155 (-15.5 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-07)
range 0.00726 (72.6 pips)
close pos 27.5% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-07)
20d MA 1.34074 price above by +0.36%
50d MA 1.33644 price above by +0.68%
200d MA 1.33997 price above by +0.42%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 200d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-08-07)
20d stdev 0.433% daily ≈ 6.9% annualized (×√252) (30th pct of own history, since 2003 (5861 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.00× (0.433% vs 0.433% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-07)
ATR(14) 0.00799 (79.9 pips)
ATR% 0.59% (6th pct of own history, since 2003 (5867 obs))
range/ATR 90.8%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-07)
high 1.38468 (-2.83% from high)
low 1.30117 (+3.41% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-07)
RSI(14) 55.47 (67th pct of own history, since 2003 (5867 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-07)
5d return -0.04%
20d return +0.30%
60d return +0.48%
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 0.4326%
positioning (as of 2026-08-04)
next COT as of 2026-08-11 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +38,174 contracts (net long GBP)
net % OI +15.5%
net%OI range -5.4% … +29.1% (own 136w)
w/w change -2,923
rate differential (GBP–USD policy)
GBP (BOE_BANK_RATE) 3.75% (as of 2026-08-06, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-09-17 (41 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-08-06, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-09-16 (40 days)
differential +0.12% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-08-07)
vs DXY -0.78
vs S&P 500 +0.29
vs DXY beta -0.70 (26w)