---
title: "Set Leverage"
method: POST
path: "/trading/{account_name}/{connector_name}/leverage"
tags: ["Trading"]
---

# Set Leverage

`POST /trading/{account_name}/{connector_name}/leverage`

Set leverage for a specific trading pair on a perpetual connector.

Args:
    account_name: Name of the account
    connector_name: Name of the perpetual connector
    request: Leverage request with trading pair and leverage value
    accounts_service: Injected accounts service

Returns:
    Dictionary with success status and message

Raises:
    HTTPException: 400 for invalid parameters or non-perpetual connector, 404 for account/connector not found, 500 for execution errors

## Path parameters

- `account_name` string, required
- `connector_name` string, required

## Request body

- LeverageRequest — Request model for setting leverage on perpetual connectors
  - `trading_pair` string, required — Trading pair (e.g., BTC-USDT)
  - `leverage` integer, required — Leverage value (typically 1-125)

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-04-08** `92703f48a69e` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status
- **2026-01-18** `2ad95b6a84b2` — 1 breaking
  - the response's body type changed from `object` to no type for status `200`
- **2026-01-18** `576ec8539f76` — 1 breaking
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `200`
- **2025-12-20** `1005bcd47280` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/hummingbot/apis/hummingbot-api/changes/trading/:account_name/:connector_name/leverage/post.md)

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