diff --git a/piker/ui/_chart.py b/piker/ui/_chart.py
index ba421698..567e8435 100644
--- a/piker/ui/_chart.py
+++ b/piker/ui/_chart.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from .._daemon import (
     maybe_spawn_brokerd,
 )
 from ..brokers import get_brokermod
+from ..calc import percent_change
 from ._axes import (
     DynamicDateAxis,
     PriceAxis,
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ from ..data import maybe_open_shm_array
 from ..data.feed import open_feed, Feed, install_brokerd_search
 from ..data._source import Symbol
 from ..data._sharedmem import ShmArray
+from ..data._normalize import iterticks
 from .. import brokers
 from ..log import get_logger
 from ._exec import run_qtractor
@@ -1848,6 +1850,15 @@ async def display_symbol_data(
                 pp = order_mode.pp
                 live = pp.live_pp
 
+                if live.size < 0:
+                    types = ('ask', 'last')
+
+                elif live.size > 0:
+                    types = ('bid', 'last')
+
+                else:
+                    raise RuntimeError('No pp?!?!')
+
                 # real-time update pnl on the  order mode
                 async with feed.stream.subscribe() as bstream:
                     last_tick = time.time()
@@ -1858,13 +1869,19 @@ async def display_symbol_data(
 
                         for sym, quote in quotes.items():
 
-                            ticks = quote.get('ticks', ())
-                            if ticks:
+                            for tick in iterticks(quote, types):
                                 print(f'{1/period} Hz')
 
-                                if live.size:
-                                    # compute and display pnl
-                                    pass
+                                # compute and display pnl status
+                                order_mode.pane.pnl_label.format(
+                                    pnl=round(
+                                        live.size * percent_change(
+                                            live.avg_price,
+                                            tick['price'],
+                                        ),
+                                        ndigits=2,
+                                    )
+                                )
 
                                 last_tick = time.time()
 
diff --git a/piker/ui/_forms.py b/piker/ui/_forms.py
index f5cd2f85..f0da20b0 100644
--- a/piker/ui/_forms.py
+++ b/piker/ui/_forms.py
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ def mk_fill_status_bar(
     bar_labels_lhs = QVBoxLayout(fields)
     left_label = fields.add_field_label(
         dedent("""
-        {pnl}% PnL
+        {pnl}% pnl
         """),
         font_size=bar_label_font_size,
         font_color='gunmetal',