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# Collateral account balance

> Retrieve detailed balance information for a collateral trading account via the WhiteBIT V4 API.

## Rate limit

* [Collateral account balance summary](/api-reference/collateral-trading/collateral-account-balance-summary) — View detailed per-asset balance breakdown
* [Collateral account summary](/api-reference/collateral-trading/collateral-account-summary) — View account-level margin and equity
* [Change collateral account leverage](/api-reference/collateral-trading/change-collateral-account-leverage) — Adjust account leverage


## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/private/http-trade-v4.yaml POST /api/v4/collateral-account/balance
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Private HTTP API V4 - Collateral Trading
  description: |
    WhiteBIT Private HTTP API V4 for collateral/margin trading operations.

    Base URL: https://whitebit.com

    All endpoints return time in Unix-time format.
    All endpoints return either a JSON object or array.
    For receiving responses from API calls please use http method POST.

    Authentication required for all endpoints.
  version: 4.0.0
  license:
    name: WhiteBIT Terms of Service
    url: https://whitebit.com/terms
servers:
  - url: https://whitebit.com
    description: WhiteBIT Global Server
  - url: https://whitebit.eu
    description: WhiteBIT EU Server
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
    PayloadAuth: []
    SignatureAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Collateral Trading
    description: Endpoints for collateral/margin trading operations
  - name: Spot Trading
    description: Endpoints for spot trading operations
  - name: Market Fee
    description: Endpoints for querying trading fees
paths:
  /api/v4/collateral-account/balance:
    post:
      tags:
        - Collateral Trading
      summary: Collateral Account Balance
      description: >
        The endpoint returns the current [collateral
        balance](/glossary#balance-collateral) for one or all assets. The
        response maps each asset ticker to its collateral balance amount. Use
        the optional `ticker` parameter to filter results to a single asset.


        <Note>

        The API does not cache the response.

        </Note>


        <Warning>

        Rate limit: 12000 requests/10 sec.

        </Warning>


        <Accordion title="Errors">

        ```json

        {
          "code": 30,
          "message": "Validation failed",
          "errors": {
            "ticker": ["ticker is invalid."]
          }
        }

        ```

        </Accordion>
      operationId: collateralAccountBalance
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                ticker:
                  type: string
                  description: |
                    [Asset](/glossary#assets) to be filtered. For example: BTC

                    If not specified, returns balances for all assets.
                  example: BTC
                request:
                  type: string
                  description: Request signature
                  example: '{{request}}'
                nonce:
                  type: integer
                  description: Unique request identifier
                  example: 1594297865000
            example:
              ticker: BTC
              request: '{{request}}'
              nonce: 1594297865000
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response - returns collateral balances by asset
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                description: >-
                  Object mapping asset tickers to collateral balance amounts.
                  Each key is an asset ticker (e.g., `BTC`, `USDT`) and the
                  value is the balance in that asset's native units.
                additionalProperties:
                  type: number
                  description: Collateral balance in the asset's native units
              example:
                BTC: 1
                USDT: 1000
                ETH: 5.5
        '422':
          description: Inner validation failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service temporarily unavailable
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
          PayloadAuth: []
          SignatureAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Error code
          example: 30
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
          example: Validation failed
        errors:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
          description: Detailed error information
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-TXC-APIKEY
      description: The public WhiteBIT API key.
    PayloadAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-TXC-PAYLOAD
      description: Base64-encoded JSON request body.
    SignatureAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-TXC-SIGNATURE
      description: >-
        HMAC-SHA512 signature of the payload, hex-encoded. Computed as
        hex(HMAC-SHA512(payload, api_secret)).

````