On 2026-08-13, GBP/USD closed at 1.34978, down 0.09% on the day. It trades at 58.2% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 58.14 is in the 75th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of -0.32% in the 44th 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 1.34242 / 1.33688 / 1.34066, with price +0.55% / +0.97% / +0.68% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 2.52% below the high and 3.74% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.344% daily, in the 11th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00704 (70.4 pips), 0.52% of price. It has returned +0.21% over 5 days and +0.47% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.34978 -0.090%
price & change (as of 2026-08-13, prior 2026-08-12)
close 1.34978
change -0.00121 (-0.090%, -12.1 pips)
gap -0.00106 (-10.6 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-13)
range 0.00366 (36.6 pips)
close pos 59.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-13)
20d MA 1.34242 price above by +0.55%
50d MA 1.33688 price above by +0.97%
200d MA 1.34066 price above by +0.68%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 200d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-08-13)
20d stdev 0.344% daily ≈ 5.5% annualized (×√252) (11th pct of own history, since 2003 (5865 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.80× (0.344% vs 0.432% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-13)
ATR(14) 0.00704 (70.4 pips)
ATR% 0.52% (3rd pct of own history, since 2003 (5871 obs))
range/ATR 52.0%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-13)
high 1.38468 (-2.52% from high)
low 1.30117 (+3.74% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-13)
RSI(14) 58.14 (75th pct of own history, since 2003 (5871 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-13)
5d return +0.21%
20d return -0.32%
60d return +0.47%
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 0.4315%
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 2026-08-13, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-09-17 (35 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-08-13, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-09-16 (34 days)
differential +0.12% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-08-13)
vs DXY -0.76
vs S&P 500 +0.34
vs DXY beta -0.68 (26w)