diff --git a/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py b/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py
index f98d3314..7d2c3309 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/kraken/broker.py
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ from .api import (
     Client,
     BrokerError,
     get_client,
-    normalize_symbol,
 )
 from .feed import (
     get_console_log,
@@ -273,7 +272,10 @@ async def trades_dialogue(
         log.info(
             f'Loaded {len(trades)} trades from account `{acc_name}`'
         )
-        with open_ledger(acctid, trades) as trans:
+        with open_ledger(
+            acctid,
+            trades,
+        ) as trans:
             active, closed = pp.update_pps_conf(
                 'kraken',
                 acctid,
@@ -366,7 +368,7 @@ async def handle_order_updates(
     emsflow: dict[str, list[MsgUnion]],
     ids: bidict[str, int],
     reqids2txids: bidict[int, str],
-    trans: list[pp.Transaction],
+    trans: set[pp.Transaction],
     acctid: str,
     acc_name: str,
     token: str,
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@ async def handle_order_updates(
     '''
     # transaction records which will be updated
     # on new trade clearing events (aka order "fills")
-    trans: list[pp.Transaction]
+    trans: set[pp.Transaction]
 
     async for msg in ws_stream:
         match msg:
@@ -467,16 +469,27 @@ async def handle_order_updates(
                     )
                     await ems_stream.send(filled_msg)
 
+                if not trades:
+                    # skip pp emissions if we have already
+                    # processed all trades in this msg.
+                    continue
+
                 # update ledger and position tracking
-                with open_ledger(acctid, trades) as trans:
-                    # TODO: ideally we can pass in an existingn
+                await tractor.breakpoint()
+                trans: set[pp.Transaction]
+                with open_ledger(
+                    acctid,
+                    trades,
+
+                ) as trans:
+                    # TODO: ideally we can pass in an existing
                     # pps state to this right? such that we
                     # don't have to do a ledger reload all the
                     # time..
                     active, closed = pp.update_pps_conf(
                         'kraken',
                         acctid,
-                        trade_records=trans,
+                        trade_records=list(trans),
                         ledger_reload={}.fromkeys(
                             t.bsuid for t in trans),
                     )
@@ -841,8 +854,9 @@ def norm_trade_records(
             'buy': 1,
             'sell': -1,
         }[record['type']]
-        bsuid = record['pair']
-        norm_sym = normalize_symbol(bsuid)
+
+        # we normalize to kraken's `altname` always..
+        bsuid = norm_sym = Client.normalize_symbol(record['pair'])
 
         records.append(
             pp.Transaction(
@@ -867,7 +881,7 @@ def open_ledger(
     acctid: str,
     trade_entries: list[dict[str, Any]],
 
-) -> list[pp.Transaction]:
+) -> set[pp.Transaction]:
     '''
     Write recent session's trades to the user's (local) ledger file.
 
@@ -878,8 +892,10 @@ def open_ledger(
     ) as ledger:
 
         # normalize to transaction form
+        # TODO: cawt damn, we should probably delegate to cryptofeed for
+        # this insteada of re-hacking kraken's total crap?
         records = norm_trade_records(trade_entries)
-        yield records
+        yield set(records)
 
         # update on exit
         ledger.update(trade_entries)