GBP/USD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-20, GBP/USD closed at 1.33085, down 0.20% on the day. At the 2026-10-20 close, GBP/USD was 35.5% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-20 close, GBP/USD had an RSI(14) of 50.17, in the 49th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of -0.47% was in the 41st percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net +3.8% of open interest, at 27% of its own two-year positioning range. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of GBP/USD were 1.32502 / 1.34161 / 1.34332, with price +0.44% / -0.80% / -0.93% against them. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of GBP/USD was 1.30117–1.38468; it closed 3.89% below the high and 2.28% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.332% daily, in the 10th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00777 (77.7 pips), 0.58% of price. It has returned +0.75% over 5 days and +0.14% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-20.
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 1.33085 -0.203%
price & change (as of 2026-10-20, prior 2026-10-19)
close 1.33085
change -0.00271 (-0.203%, -27.1 pips)
gap -0.00253 (-25.3 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-20)
range 0.00981 (98.1 pips) (H−L unaffected by the out-of-range close; only close-position is)
close pos n/a (close 1.8 pips below low — async-close artifact)
moving averages (as of 2026-10-20)
20d MA 1.32502 price above by +0.44%
50d MA 1.34161 price below by -0.80%
200d MA 1.34332 price below by -0.93%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-10-20)
20d stdev 0.332% daily ≈ 5.3% annualised (×√252) (10th pct of own history, since 2003 (5913 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.78× (0.332% vs 0.424% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-20)
ATR(14) 0.00777 (77.7 pips)
ATR% 0.58% (6th pct of own history, since 2003 (5919 obs))
range/ATR 126.3%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-20)
high 1.38468 (-3.89% from high)
low 1.30117 (+2.28% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-20)
RSI(14) 50.17 (49th pct of own history, since 2003 (5919 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-20)
5d return +0.75%
20d return -0.47%
60d return +0.14%
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 2026-10-20, official Bank Rate)
next BoE 2026-11-05 (16 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.88% (as of 2026-10-19, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-10-28 (8 days)
differential -0.13% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-10-20)
vs DXY -0.72
vs S&P 500 +0.09
vs DXY beta -0.71 (26w)