diff --git a/scripts/surfer/fxhnt_forward_cron.sh b/scripts/surfer/fxhnt_forward_cron.sh
index a1bcf5c53..8b1efb745 100755
--- a/scripts/surfer/fxhnt_forward_cron.sh
+++ b/scripts/surfer/fxhnt_forward_cron.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ set -u
 cd /home/jgrusewski/Work/foxhunt || exit 1
 [ -f "$HOME/.secrets" ] && . "$HOME/.secrets"          # DATABENTO_API_KEY (gitignored, never printed)
 echo "===== $(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M UTC') ====="
-python3 scripts/surfer/fetch_crypto_pit.py 2>&1 | tail -1
-python3 scripts/surfer/fetch_daily.py      2>&1 | tail -2
+python3 scripts/surfer/fetch_crypto_pit.py 2>&1 | tail -1          # daily, free (Binance) — alpha sleeve
+if [ "$(date -u +%u)" -eq 7 ]; then                                # futures only on Sundays — cost control
+    echo "[sunday] refreshing futures (Databento)"
+    python3 scripts/surfer/fetch_daily.py 2>&1 | tail -2
+fi
 /home/jgrusewski/.local/bin/fxhnt forward-track 2>&1 | grep -vE "BentoWarning|Warning|RuntimeWarning|divide|invalid value|stddev"