diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index b364d1c..bbd8934 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ uv run python -m unittest discover tests
 
 **Universe provider** (`universe.py`): Dynamically fetches index constituents (S&P 500 from Wikipedia; CSI 300 from China Securities Index's published constituent file, falling back to the latest `data/csi300_history.json` snapshot, then Wikipedia, whose table lagged the index by ~60 names in 2026) and converts to Yahoo Finance ticker format. Constituent lists are cached daily in `data/universe_*.json`. New markets are added by registering in `UNIVERSES` dict.
 
-**Point-in-time membership** (`universe_history.py`): S&P 500 intervals rebuilt from Wikipedia's "Historical components of the S&P 500" change log into `data/sp500_history.json`; CSI 300 monthly snapshots in `data/csi300_history.json` (seeded from baostock 2008–2026, appended whenever the current list changes). `mask_prices_pit(prices, market)` masks non-member dates.
+**Point-in-time membership** (`universe_history.py`): S&P 500 intervals rebuilt from Wikipedia's "Historical components of the S&P 500" change log into `data/sp500_history.json`. The log is sparse before 2011, so current members' earlier additions come from the list page's "Date added"; companies removed before 2011 that the log never recorded stay missing, and the research panel holds only 347 / 367 / 438 / 453 / 484 priced members in mid-2004 / 2006 / 2010 / 2012 / 2016 (about 500 from 2020): US research results before ~2014 are survivor-biased. CSI 300 monthly snapshots in `data/csi300_history.json` (seeded from baostock 2008–2026, appended whenever the current list changes). `mask_prices_pit(prices, market)` masks non-member dates.
 
 **Data manager** (`data_manager.py`): Persistent price storage in `data/{market}.csv` (close) and `data/{market}_{open,high,low,volume}.csv`. First run downloads 10 years of history; every run re-downloads the last 30 days. New tickers from index rebalances are backfilled automatically; tickers missing from a partial batch are retried alone before being marked unavailable (retried weekly). `update(market, tickers, with_open=True)` returns (close, open); `update(..., fields=[...])` returns `{field: panel}`.
 
-**Backtest engine** (`main.py`, `backtest_runner.py`): all replay paths use `signals.session_targets` and the cash-funded order ledger in `execution.py`. Price strategies may use the session open and fill at its close; close-only inputs and BarStrategy inputs use prior completed bars. Historical membership restricts ranks and selection separately from price history. Missing quotes and zero volume cannot fill; the book checks available cash after fees, handles whole shares/lots, and applies conservative CN closing-limit restrictions and sell-side stamp tax. Registry replays retain at least 315 prior sessions and score all compared strategies on a common actual window. `--offline` on main/precompute reads a frozen local snapshot. Data coverage and adjusted-share/corporate-action limitations are exposed in API metadata.
+**Backtest engine** (`main.py`, `backtest_runner.py`): all replay paths use `signals.session_targets` and the cash-funded order ledger in `execution.py`. Price strategies may use the session open and fill at its close; close-only inputs and BarStrategy inputs use prior completed bars. Historical membership restricts ranks and selection separately from price history. Missing quotes and zero volume cannot fill, except that a held US stock with no print for 5 sessions that has left the index is settled at its last print (`execution.SETTLE_AFTER_SESSIONS`; acquisitions otherwise froze capital forever); the book checks available cash after fees, handles whole shares/lots, and applies conservative CN closing-limit restrictions and sell-side stamp tax. Registry replays retain at least 315 prior sessions and score all compared strategies on a common actual window. `--offline` on main/precompute reads a frozen local snapshot. Data coverage and adjusted-share/corporate-action limitations are exposed in API metadata.
 
 `precompute_backtest.py` reruns the ledger for cash-injection scenarios; metrics use unit NAV after actual fees. The API and `web/src/shared/strategyTypes.ts` share this cash-flow contract. `ENGINE_VERSION` in `execution.py` identifies the execution protocol; API cache keys also include its version.
 
diff --git a/backtest_runner.py b/backtest_runner.py
index 7021ee1..7f5c184 100644
--- a/backtest_runner.py
+++ b/backtest_runner.py
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ def load_stock_panels(market: str, strategy_names: list[str], years: int | None,
             "coverage": coverage}
 
 
+def load_etf_panels(market: str, strategy_names: list[str], *, refresh: bool = True) -> dict:
+    """Close/open panels in USD for the pure-ETF strategies among ``strategy_names``."""
+    request = sorted({t for n in strategy_names for t in ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES[n]} | {"SPY"})
+    etfs = _panels("etfs", price_request(market, request), ["close", "open"], refresh)
+    return {f: convert_quote_currency(p) for f, p in etfs.items()}
+
+
 def prepare_strategy(name: str, market: str, panels: dict, cols: list[str], *,
                      member: pd.DataFrame | None = None, years: int | None = None,
                      start=None, end=None, strategy=None) -> dict:
@@ -99,6 +106,12 @@ def prepare_strategy(name: str, market: str, panels: dict, cols: list[str], *,
     if benchmark in close:
         close = close.loc[close[benchmark].notna()]
     extra = strategy_extra_tickers(name) + strategy_signal_tickers(name, market)
+    if name in ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES:
+        # A pure-ETF strategy handed the stock panel finds none of its tickers
+        # and would replay as an all-cash book instead of failing.
+        missing = sorted(set(ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES[name]) - (set(cols) & set(close.columns)))
+        if missing:
+            raise ValueError(f"{name} needs its ETF universe; missing {missing}")
     cols = sorted(set(cols + extra) & set(close.columns))
     bars = {f: panels[f].reindex(index=close.index, columns=cols)
             for f in strategy_fields(name)}
@@ -115,7 +128,10 @@ def prepare_strategy(name: str, market: str, panels: dict, cols: list[str], *,
             "warmup_rows": int((close.index < days[0]).sum()),
             "resize_band": strategy_resize_band(name),
             "previous_prices": close.reindex(columns=targets.columns).ffill().shift(1).loc[days],
-            "volume": panels["volume"].reindex(index=days, columns=targets.columns) if "volume" in panels else None}
+            "volume": panels["volume"].reindex(index=days, columns=targets.columns) if "volume" in panels else None,
+            # Tickers outside the membership history (ETFs) count as members: never settled.
+            "member": (member.reindex(index=days, columns=targets.columns, fill_value=True)
+                       if member is not None else None)}
 
 
 def replay_prepared(plan: dict, capital: float, tx_cost: float, fixed_fee: float,
@@ -124,6 +140,7 @@ def replay_prepared(plan: dict, capital: float, tx_cost: float, fixed_fee: float
                     resize_band: float | None = None, cash_returns=None) -> dict:
     result = simulate_book(plan["targets"], plan["prices"], capital, market=plan["market"],
                            previous_prices=plan.get("previous_prices"), volume=plan.get("volume"),
+                           member=plan.get("member"),
                            transaction_cost=tx_cost, fixed_fee=fixed_fee,
                            fee_base=fee_base, fee_per_share=fee_per_share,
                            integer_shares=integer_shares,
@@ -167,11 +184,7 @@ def run_market(market: str, strategy_names: list[str], years: int | None, capita
     stocks = [n for n in strategy_names if n not in ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES]
     stock = load_stock_panels(market, stocks, years, refresh=refresh) if stocks else None
     etf_names = [n for n in strategy_names if n in ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES]
-    etfs = None
-    if etf_names:
-        request = sorted(set(t for n in etf_names for t in ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES[n]) | {"SPY"})
-        etfs = _panels("etfs", price_request(market, request), ["close", "open"], refresh)
-        etfs = {f: convert_quote_currency(p) for f, p in etfs.items()}
+    etfs = load_etf_panels(market, etf_names, refresh=refresh) if etf_names else None
     histories = []
     for panel, benchmark in ((stock["panels"], stock["benchmark"]) if stock else (None, None),
                              (etfs, "SPY")):
@@ -213,7 +226,9 @@ def run_market(market: str, strategy_names: list[str], years: int | None, capita
     curve.insert(0, {"date": str(first.date()), "value": capital})
     coverage = stock["coverage"].loc[first:last].dropna() if stock else pd.Series(dtype=float)
     warnings = ["使用复权价格：历史整股、整手及公司行动的模拟仍有近似。",
-                "缺少完整退市结算和市场冲击数据，收益为研究估计。"]
+                ("美股持仓停止报价 5 个交易日且已移出指数后按最后成交价结算；" if market == "us"
+                 else "停牌或退市的 A 股持仓保持冻结，不做退市结算；")
+                + "缺少市场冲击数据，收益为研究估计。"]
     if market == "cn":
         warnings.append("沪深300历史成分股按月记录；缺少完整历史ST状态及集合竞价数据，涨跌停成交采用保守限制。")
     if common_start > requested_start:
diff --git a/execution.py b/execution.py
index 0d3b4f9..ca0495d 100644
--- a/execution.py
+++ b/execution.py
@@ -7,13 +7,31 @@ import math
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
-ENGINE_VERSION = "cash-ledger-pit-v2"
+ENGINE_VERSION = "cash-ledger-pit-v3"
+
+# A held US stock that stops printing (cash acquisition, delisting) is sold at
+# its last print once it has gone this many sessions without one and is no
+# longer an index member; a halted member stays frozen. Without this the
+# position stays at its last mark forever and the capital is never
+# reinvested. A-shares are excluded: a suspended CSI 300 name can leave the
+# index while it still cannot be sold.
+SETTLE_AFTER_SESSIONS = 5
 
 
 def portfolio_value(holdings: dict, prices: dict, cash: float) -> float:
     return cash + sum(shares * prices.get(t, 0.0) for t, shares in holdings.items())
 
 
+def delisting_settlements(market, holdings: dict, sessions_without_print: dict,
+                          members: pd.Series | None) -> set:
+    """Held names to sell at their last print today. ``members`` is the day's
+    index membership; tickers outside it (ETFs) are never settled."""
+    if market != "us" or members is None:
+        return set()
+    return {t for t in holdings
+            if sessions_without_print.get(t, 0) >= SETTLE_AFTER_SESSIONS and not members.get(t, True)}
+
+
 def lot_rule(ticker: str, lot_size: int) -> tuple[int, int]:
     # STAR orders start at 200 shares, then increase by one (SSE rule 6.7).
     return (1, 200) if lot_size == 100 and ticker.startswith("688") and ticker.endswith(".SS") else (lot_size, lot_size)
@@ -282,8 +300,11 @@ def simulate_book(targets: pd.DataFrame, prices: pd.DataFrame, capital: float,
                   can_buy: pd.DataFrame | None = None, can_sell: pd.DataFrame | None = None,
                   sell_tax: pd.Series | None = None, market: str | None = None,
                   previous_prices: pd.DataFrame | None = None,
-                  volume: pd.DataFrame | None = None, **options):
-    """Targets are executed at their row's close; stale marks never authorize fills."""
+                  volume: pd.DataFrame | None = None,
+                  member: pd.DataFrame | None = None, **options):
+    """Targets are executed at their row's close; stale marks never authorize
+    fills, except a delisting settlement (``delisting_settlements``, which
+    needs the point-in-time ``member`` panel)."""
     raw = prices if fresh_prices is None else fresh_prices.reindex_like(prices)
     marks = prices.ffill()
     previous = marks.shift(1) if previous_prices is None else previous_prices.reindex_like(prices)
@@ -295,6 +316,7 @@ def simulate_book(targets: pd.DataFrame, prices: pd.DataFrame, capital: float,
     state = {"holdings": {}, "cash": float(capital), "trade_log": []}
     equity, units, values, cash = [], [], [], []
     unit_count = float(capital)
+    without_print = {}
     for i, day in enumerate(prices.index):
         quote = marks.iloc[i].dropna().to_dict()
         state["cash"] *= 1 + float(rates.iloc[i])
@@ -307,12 +329,20 @@ def simulate_book(targets: pd.DataFrame, prices: pd.DataFrame, capital: float,
         fresh = set(raw.columns[(raw.iloc[i].notna() & (raw.iloc[i] > 0)).to_numpy()])
         allowed_buy, allowed_sell, tax = market_permissions(market, day, raw.iloc[i], previous.iloc[i],
                                                               volume.loc[day] if volume is not None else None)
+        without_print = {t: 0 if t in fresh else without_print.get(t, 0) + 1 for t in state["holdings"]}
+        settle = delisting_settlements(market, state["holdings"], without_print,
+                                       member.loc[day] if member is not None else None)
         row = targets.iloc[i]
-        rebalance(state, row[row != 0].to_dict(), quote, fresh,
-                  can_buy=set(can_buy.columns[can_buy.loc[day]]) if can_buy is not None else allowed_buy,
-                  can_sell=set(can_sell.columns[can_sell.loc[day]]) if can_sell is not None else allowed_sell,
-                  sell_tax=float(sell_tax.loc[day]) if sell_tax is not None else tax,
-                  trade_date=str(day.date()), **options)
+        wanted = {t: w for t, w in row[row != 0].items() if t not in settle}
+        log = rebalance(state, wanted, quote, fresh | settle,
+                        can_buy=set(can_buy.columns[can_buy.loc[day]]) if can_buy is not None else allowed_buy,
+                        can_sell=(set(can_sell.columns[can_sell.loc[day]]) if can_sell is not None
+                                  else allowed_sell) | settle,
+                        sell_tax=float(sell_tax.loc[day]) if sell_tax is not None else tax,
+                        trade_date=str(day.date()), **options)
+        for trade in log:
+            if trade["ticker"] in settle:
+                trade["settled"] = True
         value = portfolio_value(state["holdings"], quote, state["cash"])
         equity.append(value)
         units.append(value / unit_count * capital)
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 7355a63..be1d910 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         run = simulate_book(targets.loc[days], strat_data.loc[days], initial_capital,
                             previous_prices=strat_data.ffill().shift(1).loc[days],
                             volume=panels["volume"].reindex(index=days, columns=strat_data.columns),
+                            member=member.reindex(index=days, columns=strat_data.columns, fill_value=True),
                             market=args.market, integer_shares=True,
                             lot_size=100 if args.market == "cn" else 1,
                             fixed_fee=args.fixed_fee, min_trade_value=50, resize_band=.10)
diff --git a/research/lab/factors.py b/research/lab/factors.py
index 2f10ab3..6cd0d96 100644
--- a/research/lab/factors.py
+++ b/research/lab/factors.py
@@ -445,9 +445,12 @@ def trend_hzz(p):
         b = np.linalg.lstsq(Xo, y[ok].values, rcond=None)[0][1:]
         betas.append(pd.Series(b, index=lags, name=d))
     B = pd.DataFrame(betas)
-    # the regression at month d uses returns through d+21, so it is usable at d+21;
-    # shift by one month, then average the last 12 known betas
-    Ebeta = B.shift(1).rolling(12, min_periods=6).mean()
+    # the regression at month-end d uses returns through d+21 sessions, so its
+    # betas are known from that session on (a month can be shorter than 21
+    # sessions); average the last 12 known betas
+    known = c.index.get_indexer(B.index) + 21
+    B = B[known < len(c.index)].set_axis(c.index[known[known < len(c.index)]], axis=0)
+    Ebeta = B.rolling(12, min_periods=6).mean()
     Ed = Ebeta.reindex(c.index, method="ffill")
     return sum(feats[L].mul(Ed[L], axis=0) for L in lags)
 
diff --git a/research/lab/panel.py b/research/lab/panel.py
index ead25ac..ab17306 100644
--- a/research/lab/panel.py
+++ b/research/lab/panel.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Panels are cached in data/research/*.panel.pkl; delete them after refetching.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import hashlib
 import json
 import os
 import pickle
@@ -103,11 +104,18 @@ def _tiingo_sig() -> list:
     return [len(files), round(mtime, 3)]
 
 
+def _membership_sig() -> str:
+    with open(os.path.join("data", "sp500_history.json")) as fh:
+        intervals = json.load(fh)["intervals"]
+    return hashlib.sha256(json.dumps(intervals, sort_keys=True).encode()).hexdigest()[:16]
+
+
 def load_us() -> Panel:
-    """Cached US panel, rebuilt whenever the Tiingo overlay changes."""
+    """Cached US panel, rebuilt whenever the Tiingo overlay or the S&P 500
+    membership intervals change."""
     path = os.path.join(RAW_DIR, "us.panel.pkl")
     key = os.path.join(RAW_DIR, "us.panel.key")
-    sig = _tiingo_sig()
+    sig = _tiingo_sig() + [_membership_sig()]
     if os.path.exists(path) and os.path.exists(key):
         with open(key) as fh:
             if json.load(fh) == sig:
diff --git a/research/lab/registered.py b/research/lab/registered.py
index 5c293c9..93f5813 100644
--- a/research/lab/registered.py
+++ b/research/lab/registered.py
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import pandas as pd
 
 import metrics
 import data_manager
-from backtest_runner import (ENGINE_VERSION, load_stock_panels, prepare_strategy, replay_prepared)
-from trader import make_strategy
+from backtest_runner import (ENGINE_VERSION, load_etf_panels, load_stock_panels, prepare_strategy,
+                             replay_prepared)
+from trader import ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES, make_strategy
 from strategies.robust_momentum import RobustMomentumStrategy
 from research.lab.trials import append_trials
 
@@ -26,8 +27,19 @@ def evaluate_registered(args):
     market = 'cn' if args.market.startswith('cn') else 'us'
     destination = Path(args.output or f'data/research/results/registered_{market}')
     destination.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    panels = load_stock_panels(market, args.registered, None, refresh=False)
-    end = args.end or str(panels['panels']['close'].index[-1].date())
+    etf_names = [n for n in args.registered if n in ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES]
+    stock_names = [n for n in args.registered if n not in ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES]
+    stock = load_stock_panels(market, stock_names, None, refresh=False) if stock_names else None
+    etfs = load_etf_panels(market, etf_names, refresh=False) if etf_names else None
+
+    def source(name):
+        """(panels, universe, membership) the strategy is replayed on, as in run_market."""
+        if name in ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES:
+            return etfs, ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES[name], None
+        return stock['panels'], stock['stocks'], stock['member']
+
+    ends = [p['close'].index[-1] for p in ([stock['panels']] if stock else []) + ([etfs] if etfs else [])]
+    end = args.end or str(min(ends).date())
     start = args.start or '2018-01-01'
     profiles = ['baseline', 'resize20', 'buffer3'] + (['cash_shy'] if market == 'us' else [])
     protocol = {
@@ -40,8 +52,10 @@ def evaluate_registered(args):
                           for p in [Path('execution.py'), Path('signals.py'), Path('backtest_runner.py')]
                           + sorted(Path('strategies').glob('*.py'))},
         'data_hashes': {str(p): hashlib.sha256(p.read_bytes()).hexdigest()
-                        for p in [Path('data') / f'{market}.csv', Path('data') / f'{market}_open.csv',
-                                  Path('data/sp500_history.json' if market == 'us' else 'data/csi300_history.json')]},
+                        for p in ([Path('data') / f'{market}.csv', Path('data') / f'{market}_open.csv',
+                                   Path('data/sp500_history.json' if market == 'us' else 'data/csi300_history.json')]
+                                  if stock_names else [])
+                        + ([Path('data/etfs.csv'), Path('data/etfs_open.csv')] if etf_names else [])},
     }
     protocol_path = destination / 'protocol.json'
     if protocol_path.exists():
@@ -52,7 +66,8 @@ def evaluate_registered(args):
             'fee_base': 1.88 if market == 'us' else 0, 'fee_per_share': .009 if market == 'us' else 0}
     for name in args.registered:
         base_strategy = make_strategy(name, market)
-        base_plan = prepare_strategy(name, market, panels['panels'], panels['stocks'], member=panels['member'],
+        panels, universe, member = source(name)
+        base_plan = prepare_strategy(name, market, panels, universe, member=member,
                                      start=start, end=end, strategy=base_strategy)
         if base_plan['warmup_rows'] < 315:
             raise ValueError('Registered comparison requires >=315 pre-window sessions; move --start or add history')
@@ -66,17 +81,17 @@ def evaluate_registered(args):
                 if not isinstance(base_strategy, RobustMomentumStrategy):
                     continue
                 changed = copy.deepcopy(base_strategy); changed.buffer = 3.0
-                plan = prepare_strategy(name, market, panels['panels'], panels['stocks'], member=panels['member'],
+                plan = prepare_strategy(name, market, panels, universe, member=member,
                                          start=start, end=end, strategy=changed)
             elif profile == 'cash_shy':
-                if 'SHY' not in panels['panels']['close']:
+                if 'SHY' not in panels['close']:
                     raise ValueError('SHY bars are required for a traded cash sleeve')
                 plan = dict(base_plan)
                 plan['prices'] = base_plan['prices'].copy()
-                plan['prices']['SHY'] = panels['panels']['close']['SHY'].reindex(dates)
+                plan['prices']['SHY'] = panels['close']['SHY'].reindex(dates)
                 if base_plan.get('volume') is not None:
                     plan['volume'] = base_plan['volume'].copy()
-                    plan['volume']['SHY'] = panels['panels']['volume']['SHY'].reindex(dates)
+                    plan['volume']['SHY'] = panels['volume']['SHY'].reindex(dates)
                 target = base_plan['targets'].reindex(columns=plan['prices'].columns, fill_value=0).copy()
                 target['SHY'] += (1-target.sum(axis=1)).clip(lower=0)
                 plan['targets'] = target
diff --git a/tests/test_causality_contract.py b/tests/test_causality_contract.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47b057c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_causality_contract.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+"""Every registered strategy is causal on the production signal path.
+
+The targets a replay or the live trader trades on a session must not change
+when later bars are removed. ``trader._signals_for_sessions`` and the batch
+replay compute all sessions in one pass, which equals running each session on
+its own only for causal strategies, so a new strategy that reads a later bar
+(a missing shift, a full-sample statistic, a backward fill) fails here.
+"""
+
+import unittest
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+
+import trader
+from backtest_runner import prepare_strategy
+from universe import UNIVERSES
+
+N_DAYS, N_STOCKS = 700, 60
+CUTS = (560, 640)          # truncation points (row positions)
+START = 480                # first compared session
+
+
+def _panel(seed: int = 7) -> tuple[dict[str, pd.DataFrame], pd.DataFrame, list[str]]:
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
+    stocks = [f"S{i:02d}" for i in range(N_STOCKS)]
+    etfs = sorted({t for u in trader.ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES.values() for t in u}
+                  | {t for u in trader.MIXED_STRATEGY_EXTRA_TICKERS.values() for t in u}
+                  | {UNIVERSES[m]["benchmark"] for m in UNIVERSES})
+    cols = stocks + etfs
+    idx = pd.bdate_range("2023-01-02", periods=N_DAYS)
+    r = rng.normal(0.0004, 0.02, (N_DAYS, len(cols)))
+    close = pd.DataFrame(100 * np.exp(np.cumsum(r, axis=0)), index=idx, columns=cols)
+    opens = close.shift(1).bfill() * np.exp(rng.normal(0, 0.005, close.shape))
+    high = np.maximum(opens, close) * (1 + rng.uniform(0, 0.02, close.shape))
+    low = np.minimum(opens, close) * (1 - rng.uniform(0, 0.02, close.shape))
+    volume = pd.DataFrame(rng.uniform(1e5, 1e6, close.shape), index=idx, columns=cols)
+    # Index changes: five names join late (price history before admission is
+    # observable), five leave, one stops printing like an acquired stock.
+    member = pd.DataFrame(True, index=idx, columns=stocks)
+    member.iloc[:300, :5] = False
+    member.iloc[500:, 5:10] = False
+    for frame in (close, opens, high, low):
+        frame.iloc[600:, 10] = np.nan
+    volume.iloc[600:, 10] = np.nan
+    panels = {"close": close, "open": opens, "high": high, "low": low, "volume": volume}
+    return panels, member, stocks
+
+
+class CausalityContract(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.panels, cls.member, cls.stocks = _panel()
+
+    def _targets(self, name: str, market: str, end) -> pd.DataFrame:
+        pure_etf = trader.canonical_strategy_name(name) in trader.ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES
+        cols = trader.ETF_STRATEGY_UNIVERSES[name] if pure_etf else self.stocks
+        start = self.panels["close"].index[START]
+        return prepare_strategy(name, market, self.panels, list(cols),
+                                member=None if pure_etf else self.member,
+                                start=start, end=end)["targets"]
+
+    def test_targets_ignore_later_bars(self):
+        idx = self.panels["close"].index
+        leaks, idle = [], []
+        for market in ("us", "cn"):
+            for name in trader.STRATEGY_REGISTRY:
+                if name in trader.AGENT_REVIEW_STRATEGIES or not trader.strategy_supports_market(name, market):
+                    continue
+                full = self._targets(name, market, None)
+                if not (full.to_numpy() > 0).any():
+                    idle.append(f"{market}:{name}")
+                for cut in CUTS:
+                    part = self._targets(name, market, idx[cut])
+                    cols = full.columns.union(part.columns)
+                    a = full.reindex(index=part.index, columns=cols).fillna(0.0)
+                    b = part.reindex(columns=cols).fillna(0.0)
+                    worst = float((a - b).abs().to_numpy().max())
+                    if worst > 1e-9:
+                        leaks.append(f"{market}:{name} (cut {idx[cut].date()}, max diff {worst:.3g})")
+        self.assertEqual(leaks, [], "targets depend on bars after their session")
+        self.assertEqual(idle, [], "never invested on the synthetic panel, so the check is vacuous")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/test_execution_contract.py b/tests/test_execution_contract.py
index 1984d59..518c2be 100644
--- a/tests/test_execution_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_execution_contract.py
@@ -52,6 +52,31 @@ class ExecutionContracts(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertAlmostEqual(state["daily_equity"][str(day.date())], batch["equity"].loc[day], places=2)
         self.assertEqual(state["trade_log"], batch["trade_log"])
 
+    def test_a_delisted_stock_is_settled_at_its_last_print_in_both_ledgers(self):
+        dates = pd.bdate_range("2026-01-05", periods=9)
+        # A is acquired: last print on day 2, out of the index from day 4.
+        # H halts on the same day but stays a member, so it stays frozen.
+        prices = pd.DataFrame({"A": [100, 101, 102] + [np.nan] * 6,
+                               "H": [50, 50, 51] + [np.nan] * 6,
+                               "B": [20.] * 9}, index=dates)
+        member = pd.DataFrame(True, index=dates, columns=prices.columns)
+        member.loc[dates[4]:, "A"] = False
+        targets = pd.DataFrame([[.4, .3, .3]] * 9, index=dates, columns=prices.columns)
+        options = dict(transaction_cost=.001, fixed_fee=2., integer_shares=True, resize_band=.1)
+        batch = simulate_book(targets, prices, 10000, market="us", member=member, **options)
+        settled = [(t["ticker"], t["date"], t["price"]) for t in batch["trade_log"] if t.get("settled")]
+        self.assertEqual(settled, [("A", str(dates[7].date()), 102.0)])
+        self.assertIn("H", batch["holdings"])
+        state = trader.init_state("us", "test", 10000)
+        fees = {"tx_cost": .001, "fixed_fee": 2.}
+        for day in dates:
+            trader._run_session(state, "us", day, "B", prices.ffill(), prices, fees, True, targets.loc[day],
+                                member_row=member.loc[day])
+            self.assertAlmostEqual(state["daily_equity"][str(day.date())], batch["equity"].loc[day], places=2)
+        self.assertEqual(state["trade_log"], batch["trade_log"])
+        china = simulate_book(targets, prices, 10000, market="cn", member=member, **options)
+        self.assertFalse(any(t.get("settled") for t in china["trade_log"]))
+
     def test_contributions_are_executed_and_fees_affect_unit_returns(self):
         dates = pd.bdate_range("2026-01-05", periods=3)
         prices = pd.DataFrame({"A": [100., 100., 100.]}, index=dates)
diff --git a/trader.py b/trader.py
index 40d0e69..3456480 100644
--- a/trader.py
+++ b/trader.py
@@ -477,6 +477,14 @@ def index_members(market: str, days: pd.DatetimeIndex) -> pd.DataFrame | None:
     return universe_history.pit_membership(market, days)
 
 
+def settlement_members(market: str, strategy_name: str, days: pd.DatetimeIndex) -> pd.DataFrame | None:
+    """Index membership on ``days`` for delisting settlement; None where it does
+    not apply (A-shares, pure-ETF strategies)."""
+    if market != "us" or strategy_data_market(market, strategy_name) == "etfs":
+        return None
+    return index_members(market, days)
+
+
 def pit_candidates(market: str, strategy_name: str, since: pd.Timestamp | None) -> list[str]:
     """Tickers that were index members on any day from ``since`` to today, so a
     catch-up or replay has prices for names that have left the index since."""
@@ -857,13 +865,16 @@ def _signals_for_sessions(strategy_name: str, open_data: pd.DataFrame,
 def _run_session(state: dict, market: str, day: pd.Timestamp, benchmark: str,
                  close_data: pd.DataFrame, close_raw: pd.DataFrame, fees: dict,
                  integer_shares: bool, signal_row: pd.Series,
-                 volume_row: pd.Series | None = None) -> dict:
+                 volume_row: pd.Series | None = None,
+                 member_row: pd.Series | None = None) -> dict:
     """Execute ``signal_row`` (targets from ``day``'s open; a BarStrategy: bars
     through the previous session, see ``session_signals``) at ``day``'s close
     and record the day.
 
     Tickers without a real closing print on ``day`` (forward-filled price) are
-    valued but not traded.
+    valued but not traded, except a held US stock that stopped printing and
+    left the index (``member_row``), which is settled at its last print as in
+    ``execution.simulate_book``.
     """
     day_str = str(day.date())
     if state.get("engine_version") != ENGINE_VERSION:
@@ -879,18 +890,30 @@ def _run_session(state: dict, market: str, day: pd.Timestamp, benchmark: str,
     )
     raw_row = close_raw.loc[day]
     frozen = {t for t in all_held if t not in raw_row.index or pd.isna(raw_row[t])}
+    # Imported here so a running monitor's hot reload of this module does not
+    # need an execution module newer than the one it started with.
+    from execution import delisting_settlements
+    upto = close_raw.loc[:day]
+    without_print = {t: int((upto.index > upto[t].last_valid_index()).sum())
+                     if t in upto.columns and upto[t].notna().any() else len(upto)
+                     for t in state["holdings"]}
+    settle = delisting_settlements(market, state["holdings"], without_print, member_row)
+    target_weights = {t: w for t, w in target_weights.items() if t not in settle}
 
     pre_value = portfolio_value(state["holdings"], close_prices, state["cash"])
     previous_rows = close_data.loc[close_data.index < day]
     previous = previous_rows.iloc[-1] if len(previous_rows) else pd.Series(dtype=float)
     allowed_buy, allowed_sell, sell_tax = market_permissions(market, day, raw_row, previous, volume_row)
     n_log = len(state["trade_log"])
-    actual = rebalance(state, target_weights, close_prices, set(raw_row.dropna().index),
+    actual = rebalance(state, target_weights, close_prices, set(raw_row.dropna().index) | settle,
                        transaction_cost=fees["tx_cost"], fixed_fee=fees["fixed_fee"],
                        fee_base=fees.get("fee_base", 0), fee_per_share=fees.get("fee_per_share", 0),
                        integer_shares=integer_shares, lot_size=lot_size,
                        trade_date=day_str, resize_band=strategy_resize_band(state["strategy"]),
-                       can_buy=allowed_buy, can_sell=allowed_sell, sell_tax=sell_tax)
+                       can_buy=allowed_buy, can_sell=allowed_sell | settle, sell_tax=sell_tax)
+    for trade in actual:
+        if trade["ticker"] in settle:
+            trade["settled"] = True
     trades = [{**t, "direction": t["action"], "est_value": t["value"],
                "shares_delta": t["shares"] * (1 if t["action"] == "BUY" else -1)} for t in actual]
     post_value = portfolio_value(state["holdings"], close_prices, state["cash"])
@@ -1071,10 +1094,12 @@ def cmd_evening(args):
     lot_size = MARKET_LOT_SIZE.get(market, 1)
     first_log = len(state["trade_log"])
     volume = data_manager.load_raw(strategy_data_market(market, strategy_name), "volume")
+    members = settlement_members(market, strategy_name, pd.DatetimeIndex([target_date]))
     _run_session(state, market, target_date, benchmark, close_data, close_raw,
                  _strategy_fees(args, market), args.integer_shares,
                  pd.Series(target_weights, dtype=float),
-                 volume_row=volume.reindex(close_data.index).loc[target_date] if volume is not None else None)
+                 volume_row=volume.reindex(close_data.index).loc[target_date] if volume is not None else None,
+                 member_row=members.loc[target_date] if members is not None else None)
     exec_trades = [{**t, "direction": t["action"], "est_value": t["value"]}
                    for t in state["trade_log"][first_log:]]
 
@@ -1463,13 +1488,15 @@ def cmd_simulate(args):
     total_commission = 0.0
 
     volume = data_manager.load_raw(strategy_data_market(market, strategy_name), "volume")
+    members = settlement_members(market, strategy_name, trading_days)
     for i, day in enumerate(trading_days):
         day_str = str(day.date())
 
         stats = _run_session(state, market, day, benchmark, close_data, close_raw,
                              _strategy_fees(args, market), args.integer_shares,
                              full_weights.loc[day],
-                             volume_row=(volume.loc[day] if day in volume.index else pd.Series(dtype=float)) if volume is not None else None)
+                             volume_row=(volume.loc[day] if day in volume.index else pd.Series(dtype=float)) if volume is not None else None,
+                             member_row=members.loc[day] if members is not None else None)
         post_value = stats["value"]
         day_trades, day_commission = stats["trades"], stats["commission"]
         total_trades += day_trades
@@ -1864,10 +1891,12 @@ def _process_sessions(args, state: dict | None, start: pd.Timestamp | None = Non
     fees = _strategy_fees(args, market)
     volume = data_manager.load_raw(strategy_data_market(market, strategy_name), "volume")
     signals = session_signals(market, strategy_name, tickers, todo, close_raw, open_data)
+    members = settlement_members(market, strategy_name, todo)
     for day in todo:
         r = _run_session(state, market, day, benchmark, close_data, close_raw, fees,
                          args.integer_shares, signal_row=signals.loc[day],
-                         volume_row=(volume.loc[day] if day in volume.index else pd.Series(dtype=float)) if volume is not None else None)
+                         volume_row=(volume.loc[day] if day in volume.index else pd.Series(dtype=float)) if volume is not None else None,
+                         member_row=members.loc[day] if members is not None else None)
         frozen = f" | no fresh price: {', '.join(r['frozen'])}" if r["frozen"] else ""
         print(f"[{label}]   {r['date']} {strategy_name:<34} value {r['value']:>12,.2f} "
               f"({r['daily_return']:+.2%}) trades {r['trades']:>2} "
diff --git a/universe_history.py b/universe_history.py
index 88f414b..4ecdc3d 100644
--- a/universe_history.py
+++ b/universe_history.py
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ def build_sp500_history() -> dict[str, list[list[str | None]]]:
     for t, end in open_end.items():
         intervals.setdefault(t, []).append([None, end])
 
+    _close_unlogged_additions(intervals, current)
+
     # Sort intervals per ticker oldest→newest
     for t, ivs in intervals.items():
         ivs.sort(key=lambda iv: (iv[0] or "0000-00-00"))
@@ -165,6 +167,30 @@ def build_sp500_history() -> dict[str, list[list[str | None]]]:
     return intervals
 
 
+# The change log is sparse before 2011 (0-2 logged additions a year in
+# 2001-2006, 6-12 in 2007-2010, against 20-30 real changes), so a current
+# member whose addition it missed would count as a member since before the
+# log: 80 of the 94 current members added 2001-2010 did, e.g. ISRG, MA, BKNG.
+# The list page's "Date added" starts those intervals. Later dates are left to
+# the log, which is complete there, because "Date added" also records renames
+# and re-listings (META 2013, CPAY 2018) as additions.
+UNLOGGED_ADDITIONS_BEFORE = "2011-01-01"
+
+
+def _close_unlogged_additions(intervals: dict, current: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
+    col = next((c for c in current.columns if "added" in str(c).lower()), None)
+    if col is None:
+        print("--- WARNING: no 'Date added' column; pre-2011 additions stay open-start ---")
+        return
+    added = pd.to_datetime(current[col], errors="coerce")
+    for symbol, day in zip(current["Symbol"], added):
+        if pd.isna(day) or day >= pd.Timestamp(UNLOGGED_ADDITIONS_BEFORE):
+            continue
+        for iv in intervals.get(_normalize_ticker(symbol), []):
+            if iv[0] is None and iv[1] is None:
+                iv[0] = day.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Cache I/O
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/web/src/server/strategyService.ts b/web/src/server/strategyService.ts
index 3f7fe88..29808d7 100644
--- a/web/src/server/strategyService.ts
+++ b/web/src/server/strategyService.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function ensureCacheDir(): void {
 }
 
 function configHash(config: BacktestConfig): string {
-  const serialized = stableStringify({ engine: "cash-ledger-pit-v2", config });
+  const serialized = stableStringify({ engine: "cash-ledger-pit-v3", config });
   return createHash("md5").update(serialized).digest("hex").slice(0, 12);
 }