GBP/USD technical indicators: RSI, moving averages, 52-week range
GBP/USD closed at 1.33085 on 2026-10-20, down 0.20%, the 34th percentile of its daily moves by size since 2003. It is 3.89% below its 52-week high and 2.28% above its 52-week low, and is above its 20-day moving average and below its 50- and 200-day moving averages. GBP/USD had an RSI(14) of 50.17 at the 2026-10-20 close, in the 49th percentile of its history since 2003. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week high of GBP/USD was 1.38468, set on 2026-01-29, and the 52-week low 1.30117, set on 2025-11-05. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20-day moving average of GBP/USD was 1.32502. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 50-day moving average of GBP/USD was 1.34161. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 200-day moving average of GBP/USD was 1.34332.
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.
Price and momentum
- Close
- 1.33085
- Daily change
- down 0.20%
- RSI (14)
- 50.17 — 49th percentile since 2003 (5919 obs)
- 20-day return
- -0.47% — 41st percentile since 2003 (5913 obs)
Session
- Open
- 1.33103
- High
- 1.34084
- Low
- 1.33103
- Prior close
- 1.33356
- Gap (overnight)
- -0.19%
- Intraday range
- 0.74% of price
Moving averages
- 20-day MA
- 1.32502 · price +0.44%
- 50-day MA
- 1.34161 · price -0.80%
- 200-day MA
- 1.34332 · price -0.93%
52-week range
- Position
- 35.5% of range
- 52-week high
- 1.38468 · price -3.89%
- 52-week low
- 1.30117 · price +2.28%
Price chart
Volatility
- 20-day realised volatility
- 0.332% daily — 10th percentile since 2003 (5913 obs)
- ATR (14)
- 77.7 pips · 0.58% of price — 6th percentile since 2003 (5919 obs)
Volatility by rate-era
- pre-crisis (to 2008)
- 0.61% (data 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%
Returns
- 5-day
- +0.75%
- 60-day
- +0.14%
Positioning (CFTC leveraged money)
- Net % of open interest
- +3.8% — 27% of its two-year range
Key dates
- Next BoE decision
- 2026-11-05 (16 days)
- Next Fed decision (FOMC)
- 2026-10-28 (8 days)
- Next jobs report (BLS)
- 2026-11-06 (17 days)
- Next CPI (BLS)
- 2026-11-10 (21 days)
Full daily summary
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.
Methodology
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On 2026-10-20, GBP/USD ranked #44 of 73 instruments across all markets covered, sorted by how statistically unusual each day’s reading was (cross-asset market screener).