diff --git a/piker/pp.py b/piker/pp.py
index 68663f89..3860bf36 100644
--- a/piker/pp.py
+++ b/piker/pp.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from typing import (
 from msgspec import Struct
 import pendulum
 from pendulum import datetime, now
+# import tomli
 import toml
 
 from . import config
@@ -357,6 +358,9 @@ def load_pps_from_ledger(
     brokername: str,
     acctname: str,
 
+    # post normalization filter on ledger entries to be processed
+    filter_by: Optional[list[Transaction]] = None,
+
 ) -> dict[str, Position]:
     '''
     Open a ledger file by broker name and account and read in and
@@ -369,14 +373,17 @@ def load_pps_from_ledger(
         brokername,
         acctname,
     ) as ledger:
-        pass  # readonly
-
-    if not ledger:
-        # null case, no ledger file with content
-        return {}
+        if not ledger:
+            # null case, no ledger file with content
+            return {}
 
     brokermod = get_brokermod(brokername)
     records = brokermod.norm_trade_records(ledger)
+
+    if filter_by:
+        bsuids = set(r.bsuid for r in filter_by)
+        records = filter(lambda r: r.bsuid in bsuids, records)
+
     return update_pps(records)
 
 
@@ -551,7 +558,15 @@ class PpsEncoder(toml.TomlEncoder):
 
 def load_pps_from_toml(
     brokername: str,
-    acctid: str
+    acctid: str,
+
+    # XXX: there is an edge case here where we may want to either audit
+    # the retrieved ``pps.toml`` output or reprocess it since there was
+    # an error on write on the last attempt to update the state file
+    # even though the ledger *was* updated. For this cases we allow the
+    # caller to pass in a symbol set they'd like to reload from the
+    # underlying ledger to be reprocessed in computing pps state.
+    reload_records: Optional[list[Transaction]] = None,
 
 ) -> tuple[dict, dict[str, Position]]:
     '''
@@ -563,6 +578,7 @@ def load_pps_from_toml(
     conf, path = config.load('pps')
     brokersection = conf.setdefault(brokername, {})
     pps = brokersection.setdefault(acctid, {})
+    pp_objs = {}
 
     if not pps:
         # no pps entry yet for this broker/account so parse
@@ -571,46 +587,59 @@ def load_pps_from_toml(
             brokername,
             acctid,
         )
-        if not pps:
-            log.warning(
-                f'No trade history could be loaded for {brokername}:{acctid}'
-            )
 
-    else:
-        # unmarshal/load ``pps.toml`` config entries into object form.
-        pp_objs = {}
-        for fqsn, entry in pps.items():
+    # Reload symbol specific ledger entries if requested by the
+    # caller **AND** none exist in the current pps state table.
+    elif (
+        pps and reload_records and
+        not any(r.fqsn in pps for r in reload_records)
+    ):
+        # no pps entry yet for this broker/account so parse
+        # any available ledgers to build a pps state.
+        pp_objs = load_pps_from_ledger(
+            brokername,
+            acctid,
+            filter_by=reload_records,
+        )
 
-            # convert clears sub-tables (only in this form
-            # for toml re-presentation) back into a master table.
-            clears_list = entry['clears']
+    if not pps:
+        log.warning(
+            f'No trade history could be loaded for {brokername}:{acctid}'
+        )
 
-            # index clears entries in "object" form by tid in a top
-            # level dict instead of a list (as is presented in our
-            # ``pps.toml``).
-            clears = {}
-            for clears_table in clears_list:
-                tid = clears_table.pop('tid')
-                clears[tid] = clears_table
+    # unmarshal/load ``pps.toml`` config entries into object form.
+    for fqsn, entry in pps.items():
 
-            expiry = entry.get('expiry')
-            if expiry:
-                expiry = pendulum.parse(expiry)
+        # convert clears sub-tables (only in this form
+        # for toml re-presentation) back into a master table.
+        clears_list = entry['clears']
 
-            pp_objs[fqsn] = Position(
-                Symbol.from_fqsn(fqsn, info={}),
-                size=entry['size'],
-                be_price=entry['be_price'],
-                expiry=expiry,
-                bsuid=entry['bsuid'],
+        # index clears entries in "object" form by tid in a top
+        # level dict instead of a list (as is presented in our
+        # ``pps.toml``).
+        clears = {}
+        for clears_table in clears_list:
+            tid = clears_table.pop('tid')
+            clears[tid] = clears_table
 
-                # XXX: super critical, we need to be sure to include
-                # all pps.toml clears to avoid reusing clears that were
-                # already included in the current incremental update
-                # state, since today's records may have already been
-                # processed!
-                clears=clears,
-            )
+        expiry = entry.get('expiry')
+        if expiry:
+            expiry = pendulum.parse(expiry)
+
+        pp_objs[fqsn] = Position(
+            Symbol.from_fqsn(fqsn, info={}),
+            size=entry['size'],
+            be_price=entry['be_price'],
+            expiry=expiry,
+            bsuid=entry['bsuid'],
+
+            # XXX: super critical, we need to be sure to include
+            # all pps.toml clears to avoid reusing clears that were
+            # already included in the current incremental update
+            # state, since today's records may have already been
+            # processed!
+            clears=clears,
+        )
 
     return conf, pp_objs
 
@@ -618,12 +647,17 @@ def load_pps_from_toml(
 def update_pps_conf(
     brokername: str,
     acctid: str,
+
     trade_records: Optional[list[Transaction]] = None,
     key_by: Optional[str] = None,
 
 ) -> dict[str, Position]:
 
-    conf, pp_objs = load_pps_from_toml(brokername, acctid)
+    conf, pp_objs = load_pps_from_toml(
+        brokername,
+        acctid,
+        reload_records=trade_records,
+    )
 
     # update all pp objects from any (new) trade records which
     # were passed in (aka incremental update case).