diff --git a/lib/startup/init-position-manager.ts b/lib/startup/init-position-manager.ts
index f7a82b1..3efeef1 100644
--- a/lib/startup/init-position-manager.ts
+++ b/lib/startup/init-position-manager.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,16 @@ export async function initializePositionManagerOnStartup() {
   console.log('🚀 Initializing Position Manager on startup...')
   
   try {
-    // Validate open trades against Drift positions BEFORE starting Position Manager
+    // CRITICAL: Run database sync validator FIRST to clean up duplicates
+    const { validateAllOpenTrades } = await import('../database/sync-validator')
+    console.log('🔍 Running database sync validation before Position Manager init...')
+    const validationResult = await validateAllOpenTrades()
+    
+    if (validationResult.ghosts > 0) {
+      console.log(`✅ Cleaned up ${validationResult.ghosts} ghost/duplicate trades`)
+    }
+    
+    // Then validate open trades against Drift positions
     await validateOpenTrades()
     
     const manager = await getInitializedPositionManager()
@@ -77,10 +86,45 @@ async function validateOpenTrades() {
     
     console.log(`🔍 Validating ${openTrades.length} open + ${recentlyClosedTrades.length} recently closed trades against Drift...`)
     
+    // CRITICAL: Group trades by symbol to handle multiple DB entries for same Drift position
+    // This prevents reopening old closed trades when only the most recent should be restored
+    const tradesBySymbol = new Map<string, any[]>()
+    for (const trade of allTradesToCheck) {
+      const existing = tradesBySymbol.get(trade.symbol) || []
+      existing.push(trade)
+      tradesBySymbol.set(trade.symbol, existing)
+    }
+    
     const driftService = await initializeDriftService()
     const driftPositions = await driftService.getAllPositions() // Get all positions once
     
-    for (const trade of allTradesToCheck) {
+    // Process each symbol's trades (keep only most recent if multiple exist)
+    for (const [symbol, trades] of tradesBySymbol) {
+      // Sort by creation time, newest first
+      trades.sort((a, b) => b.createdAt.getTime() - a.createdAt.getTime())
+      const mostRecentTrade = trades[0]
+      const olderTrades = trades.slice(1)
+      
+      // Close any older trades BEFORE validating the most recent
+      for (const oldTrade of olderTrades) {
+        if (oldTrade.exitReason === null) {
+          console.log(`🗑️ Closing duplicate old trade: ${oldTrade.id} (${symbol}, created ${oldTrade.createdAt.toISOString()})`)
+          await prisma.trade.update({
+            where: { id: oldTrade.id },
+            data: {
+              status: 'closed',
+              exitTime: new Date(),
+              exitReason: 'DUPLICATE_CLEANUP',
+              exitPrice: oldTrade.entryPrice,
+              realizedPnL: 0,
+            }
+          })
+        }
+      }
+      
+      // Now validate only the most recent trade for this symbol
+      const trade = mostRecentTrade
+      
       try {
         const marketConfig = getMarketConfig(trade.symbol)