diff --git a/piker/brokers/ib/broker.py b/piker/brokers/ib/broker.py
index 9be0e13e..e4ac0598 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/ib/broker.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/ib/broker.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ from piker.accounting import (
     TransactionLedger,
     iter_by_dt,
     open_pps,
-    PpTable,
+    Account,
 )
 from piker.clearing._messages import (
     Order,
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ async def recv_trade_updates(
     await client.ib.disconnectedEvent
 
 
+# TODO: maybe we should allow the `trade_entries` input to be
+# a list of the actual `Contract` types instead, though a couple
+# other callers will need to be changed as well.
 async def update_ledger_from_api_trades(
     trade_entries: list[dict[str, Any]],
     client: Union[Client, MethodProxy],
@@ -383,25 +386,33 @@ async def update_and_audit_msgs(
             # if ib reports a lesser pp it's not as bad since we can
             # presume we're at least not more in the shit then we
             # thought.
-            if diff and pikersize:
-                reverse_split_ratio = pikersize / ibsize
-                split_ratio = 1/reverse_split_ratio
+            if (
+                diff
+                and (
+                    pikersize
+                    or ibsize
+                )
+            ):
+                # if 'mbt.cme' in msg.symbol:
+                #     await tractor.pause()
 
-                if split_ratio >= reverse_split_ratio:
-                    entry = f'split_ratio = {int(split_ratio)}'
-                else:
-                    entry = f'split_ratio = 1/{int(reverse_split_ratio)}'
+                # reverse_split_ratio = pikersize / ibsize
+                # split_ratio = 1/reverse_split_ratio
+                # if split_ratio >= reverse_split_ratio:
+                #     entry = f'split_ratio = {int(split_ratio)}'
+                # else:
+                #     entry = f'split_ratio = 1/{int(reverse_split_ratio)}'
 
                 msg.size = ibsize
-
                 logmsg: str = (
                     f'Pos mismatch in ib vs. the piker ledger!\n'
                     f'IB:\n{ibfmtmsg}\n\n'
                     f'PIKER:\n{pikerfmtmsg}\n\n'
-                    'If you are expecting a (reverse) split in this '
-                    'instrument you should probably put the following'
-                    'in the `pps.toml` section:\n'
-                    f'{entry}\n'
+
+                    # 'If you are expecting a (reverse) split in this '
+                    # 'instrument you should probably put the following'
+                    # 'in the `pps.toml` section:\n'
+                    # f'{entry}\n'
                     # f'reverse_split_ratio: {reverse_split_ratio}\n'
                     # f'split_ratio: {split_ratio}\n\n'
                 )
@@ -416,8 +427,9 @@ async def update_and_audit_msgs(
                 # TODO: make this a "propaganda" log level?
                 log.warning(
                     f'IB "FIFO" avg price for {msg.symbol} is DIFF:\n'
-                    f'ib: {ibppmsg.avg_price}\n'
-                    f'piker: {msg.avg_price}'
+                    f'ib: {pformat(ibppmsg)}\n'
+                    '---------------------------\n'
+                    f'piker: {msg.to_dict()}'
                 )
 
         else:
@@ -537,6 +549,9 @@ async def open_trade_dialog(
 
     accounts_def = config.load_accounts(['ib'])
 
+    # TODO: do this as part of `open_account()`!?
+    from piker.data._symcache import open_symcache
+
     global _client_cache
 
     # deliver positions to subscriber before anything else
@@ -550,12 +565,13 @@ async def open_trade_dialog(
             proxies,
             aioclients,
         ),
+        open_symcache('ib', only_from_memcache=True) as symcache,
     ):
         # Open a trade ledgers stack for appending trade records over
         # multiple accounts.
         # TODO: we probably want to generalize this into a "ledgers" api..
         ledgers: dict[str, dict] = {}
-        tables: dict[str, PpTable] = {}
+        tables: dict[str, Account] = {}
         order_msgs: list[Status] = []
         conf = get_config()
         accounts_def_inv: bidict[str, str] = bidict(conf['accounts']).inverse
@@ -582,8 +598,12 @@ async def open_trade_dialog(
                             parsers={
                                 'dateTime': parse_flex_dt,
                                 'datetime': pendulum.parse,
+                                # for some some fucking 2022 and
+                                # back options records...fuck me.
+                                'date': pendulum.parse,
                             },
                         ),
+                        symcache=symcache,
                     )
                 )
 
@@ -616,7 +636,7 @@ async def open_trade_dialog(
                 )
                 acctid: str = account.strip('ib.')
                 ledger: dict = ledgers[acctid]
-                table: PpTable = tables[acctid]
+                table: Account = tables[acctid]
 
                 # update position table with latest ledger from all
                 # gathered transactions: ledger file + api records.
@@ -624,9 +644,8 @@ async def open_trade_dialog(
 
                 # update trades ledgers for all accounts from connected
                 # api clients which report trades for **this session**.
-                api_trades = await proxy.trades()
+                api_trades: list[dict] = await proxy.trades()
                 if api_trades:
-
                     api_trans_by_acct: dict[str, Transaction]
                     api_to_ledger_entries: dict[str, dict]
                     (
@@ -660,7 +679,10 @@ async def open_trade_dialog(
                             trans.update(api_trans)
 
                 # update account (and thus pps) from all gathered transactions
-                table.update_from_trans(trans)
+                table.update_from_ledger(
+                    trans,
+                    symcache=ledger.symcache,
+                )
 
                 # process pp value reported from ib's system. we only
                 # use these to cross-check sizing since average pricing
@@ -772,7 +794,7 @@ async def emit_pp_update(
     cids2pps: dict,
 
     ledgers: dict[str, dict[str, Any]],
-    tables: dict[str, PpTable],
+    acnts: dict[str, Account],
 
 ) -> None:
 
@@ -794,9 +816,11 @@ async def emit_pp_update(
     tx: Transaction = list(trans.values())[0]
 
     acctid = fq_acctid.strip('ib.')
-    table = tables[acctid]
-    table.update_from_trans(trans)
-    active, closed = table.dump_active()
+    acnt = acnts[acctid]
+
+    acnt.update_from_ledger(trans)
+
+    active, closed = acnt.dump_active()
 
     # NOTE: update ledger with all new trades
     for fq_acctid, trades_by_id in api_to_ledger_entries.items():
diff --git a/piker/brokers/ib/ledger.py b/piker/brokers/ib/ledger.py
index 805cdaf6..e12bab13 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/ib/ledger.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/ib/ledger.py
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ def norm_trade_records(
         #   `trades_dialogue()` above).
         trans = Transaction(
             fqme=fqme,
-            sym=pair,
             tid=tid,
             size=size,
             price=price,