On 2026-08-20, GBP/USD closed at 1.35999, up 0.47% on the day. It trades at 70.4% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 65.85 is in the 92nd percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +1.68% in the 77th 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 1.34549 / 1.33866 / 1.34176, with price +1.08% / +1.59% / +1.36% against them. Its 52-week range is 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 1.78% below the high and 4.52% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.330% daily, in the 9th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00747 (74.7 pips), 0.55% of price. It has returned +0.76% over 5 days and +1.37% over 60 days.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.35999 +0.467%
price & change (as of 2026-08-20, prior 2026-08-19)
close 1.35999
change +0.00632 (+0.467%, +63.2 pips)
gap +0.00639 (+63.9 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-20)
range 0.00626 (62.6 pips)
close pos 6.9% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-20)
20d MA 1.34549 price above by +1.08%
50d MA 1.33866 price above by +1.59%
200d MA 1.34176 price above by +1.36%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 200d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-08-20)
20d stdev 0.330% daily ≈ 5.2% annualized (×√252) (9th pct of own history, since 2003 (5870 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.77× (0.330% vs 0.431% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-20)
ATR(14) 0.00747 (74.7 pips)
ATR% 0.55% (4th pct of own history, since 2003 (5876 obs))
range/ATR 83.8%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-20)
high 1.38468 (-1.78% from high)
low 1.30117 (+4.52% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-20)
RSI(14) 65.85 (92nd pct of own history, since 2003 (5876 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-20)
5d return +0.76%
20d return +1.68%
60d return +1.37%
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 2026-08-19, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-09-17 (28 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-08-19, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-09-16 (27 days)
differential +0.12% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-08-20)
vs DXY -0.77
vs S&P 500 +0.31
vs DXY beta -0.67 (26w)