On 2026-08-17, GBP/USD closed at 1.35466, up 0.41% on the day. It trades at 64.1% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 62.16 is in the 85th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +0.75% in the 62nd percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +15.9% of open interest, at 62% 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 1.34299 / 1.33743 / 1.34114, with price +0.87% / +1.29% / +1.01% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 2.17% below the high and 4.11% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.334% daily, in the 10th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00712 (71.2 pips), 0.53% of price. It has returned +0.41% over 5 days and +0.48% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.35466 +0.414%
price & change (as of 2026-08-17, prior 2026-08-14)
close 1.35466
change +0.00559 (+0.414%, +55.9 pips)
gap +0.00578 (+57.8 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-17)
range 0.00238 (23.8 pips) (H−L unaffected by the out-of-range close; only close-position is)
close pos n/a (close 1.1 pips below low — async-close artifact)
moving averages (as of 2026-08-17)
20d MA 1.34299 price above by +0.87%
50d MA 1.33743 price above by +1.29%
200d MA 1.34114 price above by +1.01%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 200d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-08-17)
20d stdev 0.334% daily ≈ 5.3% annualized (×√252) (10th pct of own history, since 2003 (5867 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.78× (0.334% vs 0.431% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-17)
ATR(14) 0.00712 (71.2 pips)
ATR% 0.53% (3rd pct of own history, since 2003 (5873 obs))
range/ATR 33.4%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-17)
high 1.38468 (-2.17% from high)
low 1.30117 (+4.11% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-17)
RSI(14) 62.16 (85th pct of own history, since 2003 (5873 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-17)
5d return +0.41%
20d return +0.75%
60d return +0.48%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 0.61% (from 2003-12-01)
ZIRP-2009 0.58%
tightening-2015 0.64%
ZIRP-2019 0.56%
tightening-2022 0.65%
easing-2024 0.43%
positioning (as of 2026-08-11)
next COT as of 2026-08-18 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +40,670 contracts (net long GBP)
net % OI +15.9%
net%OI range -5.4% … +29.1% (own 137w)
w/w change +2,496
rate differential (GBP–USD policy)
GBP (BOE_BANK_RATE) 3.75% (as of 2026-08-17, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-09-17 (31 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-08-14, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-09-16 (30 days)
differential +0.12% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-08-14)
vs DXY -0.77
vs S&P 500 +0.34
vs DXY beta -0.69 (26w)