diff --git a/piker/brokers/core.py b/piker/brokers/core.py
index 2f78dec9..a3e00691 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/core.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/core.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Core broker-daemon tasks and API.
 import time
 import inspect
 from types import ModuleType
+from typing import AsyncContextManager
 
 import trio
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ async def quote(brokermod: ModuleType, tickers: [str]) -> dict:
 
 async def poll_tickers(
     client: 'Client',
+    quoter: AsyncContextManager,
     tickers: [str],
     q: trio.Queue,
     rate: int = 3,  # delay between quote requests
@@ -49,56 +51,45 @@ async def poll_tickers(
     """Stream quotes for a sequence of tickers at the given ``rate``
     per second.
     """
-    t2ids = await client.tickers2ids(tickers)
-    ids = ','.join(map(str, t2ids.values()))
     sleeptime = round(1. / rate, 3)
     _cache = {}
 
-    while True:  # use an event here to trigger exit?
-        prequote_start = time.time()
-        try:
-            quotes_resp = await client.api.quotes(ids=ids)
-        except QuestradeError as qterr:
-            if "Access token is invalid" in str(qterr.args[0]):
-                # out-of-process piker may have renewed already
-                client._reload_config()
-                quotes_resp = await client.api.quotes(ids=ids)
-            else:
-                raise
+    async with quoter(client, tickers) as get_quotes:
+        while True:  # use an event here to trigger exit?
+            prequote_start = time.time()
+            quotes = await get_quotes(tickers)
+            postquote_start = time.time()
+            payload = []
+            for quote in quotes:
 
-        postquote_start = time.time()
-        quotes = quotes_resp['quotes']
-        payload = []
-        for quote in quotes:
+                if quote['delay'] > 0:
+                    log.warning(f"Delayed quote:\n{quote}")
 
-            if quote['delay'] > 0:
-                log.warning(f"Delayed quote:\n{quote}")
-
-            if diff_cached:
-                # if cache is enabled then only deliver "new" changes
-                symbol = quote['symbol']
-                last = _cache.setdefault(symbol, {})
-                new = set(quote.items()) - set(last.items())
-                if new:
-                    log.info(
-                        f"New quote {quote['symbol']}:\n{new}")
-                    _cache[symbol] = quote
+                if diff_cached:
+                    # if cache is enabled then only deliver "new" changes
+                    symbol = quote['symbol']
+                    last = _cache.setdefault(symbol, {})
+                    new = set(quote.items()) - set(last.items())
+                    if new:
+                        log.info(
+                            f"New quote {quote['symbol']}:\n{new}")
+                        _cache[symbol] = quote
+                        payload.append(quote)
+                else:
                     payload.append(quote)
+
+            if payload:
+                q.put_nowait(payload)
+
+            req_time = round(postquote_start - prequote_start, 3)
+            proc_time = round(time.time() - postquote_start, 3)
+            tot = req_time + proc_time
+            log.debug(f"Request + processing took {req_time + proc_time}")
+            delay = sleeptime - (req_time + proc_time)
+            if delay <= 0:
+                log.warn(
+                    f"Took {req_time} (request) + {proc_time} (processing) = {tot}"
+                    f" secs (> {sleeptime}) for processing quotes?")
             else:
-                payload.append(quote)
-
-        if payload:
-            q.put_nowait(payload)
-
-        req_time = round(postquote_start - prequote_start, 3)
-        proc_time = round(time.time() - postquote_start, 3)
-        tot = req_time + proc_time
-        log.debug(f"Request + processing took {req_time + proc_time}")
-        delay = sleeptime - (req_time + proc_time)
-        if delay <= 0:
-            log.warn(
-                f"Took {req_time} (request) + {proc_time} (processing) = {tot}"
-                f" secs (> {sleeptime}) for processing quotes?")
-        else:
-            log.debug(f"Sleeping for {delay}")
-            await trio.sleep(delay)
+                log.debug(f"Sleeping for {delay}")
+                await trio.sleep(delay)
diff --git a/piker/brokers/questrade.py b/piker/brokers/questrade.py
index a66e1c50..a4cc3005 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/questrade.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/questrade.py
@@ -271,3 +271,26 @@ async def get_client() -> Client:
         yield client
     finally:
         write_conf(client)
+
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def quoter(client: Client, tickers: [str]):
+    t2ids = await client.tickers2ids(tickers)
+    ids = ','.join(map(str, t2ids.values()))
+
+    async def get_quote(tickers):
+        """Query for quotes using cached symbol ids.
+        """
+        try:
+            quotes_resp = await client.api.quotes(ids=ids)
+        except QuestradeError as qterr:
+            if "Access token is invalid" in str(qterr.args[0]):
+                # out-of-process piker may have renewed already
+                client._reload_config()
+                quotes_resp = await client.api.quotes(ids=ids)
+            else:
+                raise
+
+        return quotes_resp['quotes']
+
+    yield get_quote