diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
index c1a9059a7..c292d7dcb 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
@@ -2131,10 +2131,11 @@ class Exchange:
         except ccxt.BaseError as e:
             raise OperationalException(e) from e
 
-    @retrier
-    def get_market_leverage_tiers(self, symbol) -> List[Dict]:
+    @retrier_async
+    async def get_market_leverage_tiers(self, symbol: str) -> Tuple[str, List[Dict]]:
         try:
-            return self._api.fetch_market_leverage_tiers(symbol)
+            tier = await self._api_async.fetch_market_leverage_tiers(symbol)
+            return symbol, tier
         except ccxt.DDoSProtection as e:
             raise DDosProtection(e) from e
         except (ccxt.NetworkError, ccxt.ExchangeError) as e:
@@ -2168,8 +2169,14 @@ class Exchange:
                     f"Initializing leverage_tiers for {len(symbols)} markets. "
                     "This will take about a minute.")
 
-                for symbol in sorted(symbols):
-                    tiers[symbol] = self.get_market_leverage_tiers(symbol)
+                coros = [self.get_market_leverage_tiers(symbol) for symbol in sorted(symbols)]
+
+                for input_coro in chunks(coros, 100):
+
+                    results = self.loop.run_until_complete(
+                        asyncio.gather(*input_coro, return_exceptions=True))
+                    for symbol, res in results:
+                        tiers[symbol] = res
 
                 logger.info(f"Done initializing {len(symbols)} markets.")