GBP/USD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-16, GBP/USD closed at 1.32732, up 0.33% on the day. At the 2026-10-16 close, GBP/USD was 31.3% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-16 close, GBP/USD had an RSI(14) of 46.48, in the 38th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of -0.63% was in the 39th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +3.8% of open interest, at 27% of its own two-year positioning range. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of GBP/USD were 1.3256 / 1.34232 / 1.34343, with price +0.13% / -1.12% / -1.20% against them. At the 2026-10-16 close, the 52-week range of GBP/USD was 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 4.14% below the high and 2.01% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.315% daily, in the 8th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00767 (76.7 pips), 0.58% of price. It has returned +0.33% over 5 days and -0.30% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-16.
GBP/USD here is the price of one British pound in US dollars, so a rise means the British pound strengthened against the US dollar. The series is Yahoo Finance’s daily one for GBPUSD=X; currencies trade over the counter, with no central exchange, so this is one data provider’s quote, not an official reference rate such as a central bank’s daily fixing.
=== GBP/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.32732 +0.326%
price & change (as of 2026-10-16, prior 2026-10-15)
close 1.32732
change +0.00431 (+0.326%, +43.1 pips)
gap +0.00406 (+40.6 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-16)
range 0.01024 (102.4 pips)
close pos 4.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-10-16)
20d MA 1.32560 price above by +0.13%
50d MA 1.34232 price below by -1.12%
200d MA 1.34343 price below by -1.20%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-16)
20d stdev 0.315% daily ≈ 5.0% annualised (×√252) (8th pct of own history, since 2003 (5911 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.74× (0.315% vs 0.424% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-16)
ATR(14) 0.00767 (76.7 pips)
ATR% 0.58% (6th pct of own history, since 2003 (5917 obs))
range/ATR 133.6%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-16)
high 1.38468 (-4.14% from high)
low 1.30117 (+2.01% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-16)
RSI(14) 46.48 (38th pct of own history, since 2003 (5917 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-16)
5d return +0.33%
20d return -0.63%
60d return -0.30%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 2008) 0.61% (from 2003-12-01)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 0.58%
tightening (2015–2018) 0.64%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 0.56%
tightening (2022–2023) 0.65%
easing (2024– ) 0.42%
positioning (as of 2026-10-13)
next COT as of 2026-10-20 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net +10,313 contracts (net long GBP)
net % OI +3.8%
net%OI range -5.4% … +29.1% (own 146w)
w/w change -2,119
rate differential (GBP–USD policy)
GBP (BOE_BANK_RATE) 3.75% (as of 2026-10-16, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-11-05 (20 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.88% (as of 2026-10-15, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-10-28 (12 days)
differential -0.13% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-10-16)
vs DXY -0.72
vs S&P 500 +0.08
vs DXY beta -0.71 (26w)