diff --git a/piker/accounting/_ledger.py b/piker/accounting/_ledger.py
index f4cb3f38..fd7a50ff 100644
--- a/piker/accounting/_ledger.py
+++ b/piker/accounting/_ledger.py
@@ -211,9 +211,16 @@ class TransactionLedger(UserDict):
         Return entire output from ``.iter_txns()`` in a ``dict``.
 
         '''
-        return {
-            t.tid: t for t in self.iter_txns(symcache=symcache)
-        }
+        txns: dict[str, Transaction] = {}
+        for t in self.iter_txns(symcache=symcache):
+
+            if not t:
+                log.warning(f'{self.mod.name}:{self.account} TXN is -> {t}')
+                continue
+
+            txns[t.tid] = t
+
+        return txns
 
     def write_config(self) -> None:
         '''
@@ -386,7 +393,7 @@ def open_trade_ledger(
         account=account,
         mod=mod,
         symcache=symcache,
-        tx_sort=tx_sort,
+        tx_sort=getattr(mod, 'tx_sort', tx_sort),
     )
     try:
         yield ledger
diff --git a/piker/accounting/_pos.py b/piker/accounting/_pos.py
index 90b179f8..1e159083 100644
--- a/piker/accounting/_pos.py
+++ b/piker/accounting/_pos.py
@@ -144,12 +144,11 @@ class Position(Struct):
     # def bep() -> float:
     #     ...
 
-    def clearsdict(self) -> dict[str, dict]:
-        clears: dict[str, dict] = ppu(
+    def clearsitems(self) -> list[(str, dict)]:
+        return ppu(
             self.iter_by_type('clear'),
             as_ledger=True
         )
-        return clears
 
     def iter_by_type(
         self,
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ class Position(Struct):
         cumsize: float = 0
         clears_since_zero: list[dict] = []
 
-        for tid, cleardict in self.clearsdict().items():
+        for tid, cleardict in self.clearsitems():
             cumsize = float(
                 # self.mkt.quantize(cumsize + cleardict['tx'].size
                 self.mkt.quantize(cleardict['cumsize'])
@@ -295,6 +294,8 @@ class Position(Struct):
     ) -> None:
 
         mkt: MktPair = self.mkt
+        now_dt: pendulum.DateTime = now()
+        now_str: str = str(now_dt)
 
         # NOTE WARNING XXX: we summarize the pos with a single
         # summary transaction (for now) until we either pass THIS
@@ -303,13 +304,16 @@ class Position(Struct):
         t = Transaction(
             fqme=mkt.fqme,
             bs_mktid=mkt.bs_mktid,
-            tid='unknown',
             size=msg['size'],
             price=msg['avg_price'],
             cost=0,
 
+            # NOTE: special provisions required!
+            # - tid needs to be unique or this txn will be ignored!!
+            tid=now_str,
+
             # TODO: also figure out how to avoid this!
-            dt=now(),
+            dt=now_dt,
         )
         self.add_clear(t)
 
@@ -342,11 +346,11 @@ class Position(Struct):
         Inserts are always done in datetime sorted order.
 
         '''
-        added: bool = False
+        # added: bool = False
         tid: str = t.tid
         if tid in self._events:
             log.warning(f'{t} is already added?!')
-            return added
+            # return added
 
         # TODO: apparently this IS possible with a dict but not
         # common and probably not that beneficial unless we're also
@@ -390,9 +394,9 @@ class Position(Struct):
         if self.expired():
             return 0.
 
-        clears: list[dict] = list(self.clearsdict().values())
+        clears: list[(str, dict)] = self.clearsitems()
         if clears:
-            return clears[-1]['cumsize']
+            return clears[-1][1]['cumsize']
         else:
             return 0.
 
diff --git a/piker/accounting/calc.py b/piker/accounting/calc.py
index db777140..ee349092 100644
--- a/piker/accounting/calc.py
+++ b/piker/accounting/calc.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
         TransactionLedger,
     )
 
+
 def ppu(
     clears: Iterator[Transaction],
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def ppu(
     # new position fields inserted alongside each entry.
     as_ledger: bool = False,
 
-) -> float:
+) -> float | list[(str, dict)]:
     '''
     Compute the "price-per-unit" price for the given non-zero sized
     rolling position.
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ def ppu(
     '''
     asize_h: list[float] = []  # historical accumulative size
     ppu_h: list[float] = []  # historical price-per-unit
-    ledger: dict[str, dict] = {}
+    # ledger: dict[str, dict] = {}
+    ledger: list[dict] = []
 
     t: Transaction
     for t in clears:
@@ -95,16 +97,10 @@ def ppu(
         is_clear: bool = not isinstance(clear_price, str)
 
         last_accum_size = asize_h[-1] if asize_h else 0
-        accum_size = last_accum_size + clear_size
+        accum_size: float = last_accum_size + clear_size
         accum_sign = copysign(1, accum_size)
-
         sign_change: bool = False
 
-        if accum_size == 0:
-            ppu_h.append(0)
-            asize_h.append(0)
-            continue
-
         # on transfers we normally write some non-valid
         # price since withdrawal to another account/wallet
         # has nothing to do with inter-asset-market prices.
@@ -170,9 +166,6 @@ def ppu(
             else:
                 ppu = cost_basis / abs_new_size
 
-            # ppu_h.append(ppu)
-            # asize_h.append(accum_size)
-
         else:
             # TODO: for PPU we should probably handle txs out
             # (aka withdrawals) similarly by simply not having
@@ -185,8 +178,6 @@ def ppu(
             # need to be updated since the ppu remains constant
             # and gets weighted by the new size.
             ppu: float = ppu_h[-1]  # set to previous value
-            # ppu_h.append(ppu_h[-1])
-            # asize_h.append(accum_size)
 
         # extend with new rolling metric for this step
         ppu_h.append(ppu)
@@ -194,13 +185,17 @@ def ppu(
 
         # ledger[t.tid] = {
             # 'txn': t,
-        ledger[t.tid] = t.to_dict() | {
-            'ppu': ppu,
-            'cumsize': accum_size,
-            'sign_change': sign_change,
+        # ledger[t.tid] = t.to_dict() | {
+        ledger.append((
+            t.tid,
+            t.to_dict() | {
+                'ppu': ppu,
+                'cumsize': accum_size,
+                'sign_change': sign_change,
 
-            # TODO: cum_pnl, bep
-        }
+                # TODO: cum_pnl, bep
+            }
+        ))
 
     final_ppu = ppu_h[-1] if ppu_h else 0
     # TODO: once we have etypes in all ledger entries..