diff --git a/src/fxhnt/adapters/data/yahoo_daily.py b/src/fxhnt/adapters/data/yahoo_daily.py
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+"""urllib DailyBarClient — Yahoo free daily adjusted closes. Retries with backoff; adjusted closes give
+true total return (dividends + coupons). Mirrors foxhunt sixtyforty_paper.daily_adjclose."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import datetime as dt
+import json
+import time
+import urllib.request
+from typing import Any
+
+_BASE = "https://query1.finance.yahoo.com/v8/finance/chart/{sym}?interval=1d&range={rng}"
+
+
+class YahooDailyClient:
+    def __init__(self, rng: str = "2y") -> None:
+        self._rng = rng
+
+    def _get(self, url: str, tries: int = 4) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        for a in range(tries):
+            try:
+                req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0"})
+                data: dict[str, Any] = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30).read())
+                return data
+            except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — transient HTTP; retry then re-raise
+                if a == tries - 1:
+                    raise
+                time.sleep(2 * (a + 1))
+        raise RuntimeError("unreachable")
+
+    def adj_closes(self, symbol: str) -> dict[str, float]:
+        res = self._get(_BASE.format(sym=symbol, rng=self._rng))["chart"]["result"][0]
+        ts = res["timestamp"]
+        ind = res["indicators"]
+        adj = ind.get("adjclose", [{}])[0].get("adjclose") or ind["quote"][0]["close"]
+        out: dict[str, float] = {}
+        for t, c in zip(ts, adj):
+            if c is not None:
+                out[dt.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(t).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")] = float(c)
+        return out
diff --git a/src/fxhnt/application/paper_strategies.py b/src/fxhnt/application/paper_strategies.py
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+"""The paper-forward ForwardStrategy services: each composes a market-data port + a pure domain module
+and yields candidate (date, ret) rows for the generic ForwardTracker. Recomputable strategies return the
+full series each run (the tracker books only the new tail); live-booking strategies book today + carry
+positions in `extra`."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from fxhnt.domain.strategies import sixtyforty
+from fxhnt.ports.market_data import DailyBarClient
+
+_SIXTYFORTY_WEIGHTS = [("SPY", 0.6), ("IEF", 0.4)]
+
+
+class SixtyFortyStrategy:
+    def __init__(self, bars: DailyBarClient) -> None:
+        self._bars = bars
+
+    def advance(self, last_date: str | None, extra: dict[str, Any]) -> tuple[list[tuple[str, float]], dict[str, Any]]:
+        closes = {s: self._bars.adj_closes(s) for s, _ in _SIXTYFORTY_WEIGHTS}
+        return sixtyforty.daily_returns(closes, _SIXTYFORTY_WEIGHTS), extra
diff --git a/src/fxhnt/domain/strategies/sixtyforty.py b/src/fxhnt/domain/strategies/sixtyforty.py
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+++ b/src/fxhnt/domain/strategies/sixtyforty.py
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+"""Pure 60/40 daily-rebalanced return: for each consecutive date pair, the weighted mean of per-asset
+returns on adjusted closes. No I/O."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+def daily_returns(closes: dict[str, dict[str, float]], weights: list[tuple[str, float]]) -> list[tuple[str, float]]:
+    syms = [s for s, _ in weights]
+    dates = sorted(set.intersection(*[set(closes[s]) for s in syms]))
+    out: list[tuple[str, float]] = []
+    for i in range(1, len(dates)):
+        d, dprev = dates[i], dates[i - 1]
+        r = sum(w * (closes[s][d] / closes[s][dprev] - 1.0) for s, w in weights)
+        out.append((d, r))
+    return out
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_paper_strategies.py b/tests/integration/test_paper_strategies.py
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+++ b/tests/integration/test_paper_strategies.py
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+"""Paper-forward strategy services: deterministic domain + service over fake data ports, and a
+round-trip through ForwardStateReader so the cockpit contract is verified."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from fxhnt.adapters.persistence.state_reader import ForwardStateReader
+from fxhnt.application.forward_tracker import ForwardTracker
+from fxhnt.application.paper_strategies import SixtyFortyStrategy
+
+
+class FakeDailyBars:
+    def __init__(self, data: dict[str, dict[str, float]]) -> None:
+        self._data = data
+
+    def adj_closes(self, symbol: str) -> dict[str, float]:
+        return self._data[symbol]
+
+
+def test_sixtyforty_daily_return_is_weighted_mean() -> None:
+    from fxhnt.domain.strategies.sixtyforty import daily_returns
+    closes = {
+        "SPY": {"2026-01-01": 100.0, "2026-01-02": 110.0},   # +10%
+        "IEF": {"2026-01-01": 100.0, "2026-01-02": 105.0},   # +5%
+    }
+    rows = daily_returns(closes, [("SPY", 0.6), ("IEF", 0.4)])
+    assert len(rows) == 1 and rows[0][0] == "2026-01-02"
+    assert abs(rows[0][1] - (0.6 * 0.10 + 0.4 * 0.05)) < 1e-12  # 0.08
+
+
+def test_sixtyforty_service_round_trips_through_reader(tmp_path) -> None:
+    bars = FakeDailyBars({
+        "SPY": {"2026-01-01": 100.0, "2026-01-02": 110.0, "2026-01-03": 110.0},
+        "IEF": {"2026-01-01": 100.0, "2026-01-02": 105.0, "2026-01-03": 105.0},
+    })
+    p = str(tmp_path / "sixtyforty_state.json")
+    ForwardTracker(SixtyFortyStrategy(bars), p).step()       # freeze at 2026-01-03
+    bars._data["SPY"]["2026-01-04"] = 121.0                  # +10%
+    bars._data["IEF"]["2026-01-04"] = 105.0                  # 0%
+    st = ForwardTracker(SixtyFortyStrategy(bars), p).step()
+    assert st.forward_days == 1
+    summary, rows = ForwardStateReader().read(p, "sixtyforty")
+    assert summary.days == 1
+    assert abs(summary.nav - (1.0 + 0.06)) < 1e-9            # 0.6*0.10 + 0.4*0