diff --git a/frontend/app/src/liquity-utils.ts b/frontend/app/src/liquity-utils.ts
index 94767ff28..a88f1cd5b 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/liquity-utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/src/liquity-utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import type { Contracts } from "@/src/contracts";
 import type { StabilityPoolDepositQuery } from "@/src/graphql/graphql";
 import type { CollIndex, Dnum, PositionEarn, PositionStake, PrefixedTroveId, TroveId } from "@/src/types";
 import type { Address, CollateralSymbol, CollateralToken } from "@liquity2/uikit";
+import type { Config as WagmiConfig } from "wagmi";
 
 import { DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL, INTEREST_RATE_INCREMENT, INTEREST_RATE_MAX, INTEREST_RATE_MIN } from "@/src/constants";
 import { getCollateralContract, getContracts, getProtocolContract } from "@/src/contracts";
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ import * as dn from "dnum";
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 import { encodeAbiParameters, keccak256, parseAbiParameters } from "viem";
 import { useBalance, useReadContract, useReadContracts } from "wagmi";
+import { readContract } from "wagmi/actions";
 
 export function shortenTroveId(troveId: TroveId, chars = 8) {
   return troveId.length < chars * 2 + 2
@@ -452,3 +455,52 @@ export function usePredictAdjustInterestRateUpfrontFee(
     },
   });
 }
+
+// from https://github.com/liquity/bold/blob/204a3dec54a0e8689120ca48faf4ece5cf8ccd22/README.md#example-opentrove-transaction-with-hints
+export async function getTroveOperationHints({
+  wagmiConfig,
+  contracts,
+  collIndex,
+  interestRate,
+}: {
+  wagmiConfig: WagmiConfig;
+  contracts: Contracts;
+  collIndex: number;
+  interestRate: bigint;
+}): Promise<{
+  upperHint: bigint;
+  lowerHint: bigint;
+}> {
+  const collateral = contracts.collaterals[collIndex];
+  if (!collateral) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid collateral index: ${collIndex}`);
+  }
+
+  const numTroves = await readContract(wagmiConfig, {
+    ...collateral.contracts.SortedTroves,
+    functionName: "getSize",
+  });
+
+  const [approxHint] = await readContract(wagmiConfig, {
+    ...contracts.HintHelpers,
+    functionName: "getApproxHint",
+    args: [
+      BigInt(collIndex),
+      interestRate,
+      BigInt(10 * Math.sqrt(Number(numTroves))), // (10 * sqrt(troves)) gives a hint close to the right position
+      42n, // random seed
+    ],
+  });
+
+  const [upperHint, lowerHint] = await readContract(wagmiConfig, {
+    ...collateral.contracts.SortedTroves,
+    functionName: "findInsertPosition",
+    args: [
+      interestRate,
+      approxHint,
+      approxHint,
+    ],
+  });
+
+  return { upperHint, lowerHint };
+}
diff --git a/frontend/app/src/screens/BorrowScreen/BorrowScreen.tsx b/frontend/app/src/screens/BorrowScreen/BorrowScreen.tsx
index 4ef7cd4be..b04c9630b 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/screens/BorrowScreen/BorrowScreen.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/src/screens/BorrowScreen/BorrowScreen.tsx
@@ -413,8 +413,6 @@ export function BorrowScreen() {
                   ownerIndex: nextOwnerIndex.data,
                   collAmount: deposit.parsed,
                   boldAmount: debt.parsed,
-                  upperHint: dnum18(0),
-                  lowerHint: dnum18(0),
                   annualInterestRate: interestRate,
                   maxUpfrontFee: dnum18(maxUint256),
                   interestRateDelegate: interestRateMode === "manual" || !interestRateDelegate ? null : [
diff --git a/frontend/app/src/tx-flows/openBorrowPosition.tsx b/frontend/app/src/tx-flows/openBorrowPosition.tsx
index 5dd79c4fe..fb8418a61 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/tx-flows/openBorrowPosition.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/src/tx-flows/openBorrowPosition.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ import { Amount } from "@/src/comps/Amount/Amount";
 import { ETH_GAS_COMPENSATION } from "@/src/constants";
 import { dnum18 } from "@/src/dnum-utils";
 import { fmtnum } from "@/src/formatting";
-import { getCollToken, getPrefixedTroveId, usePredictOpenTroveUpfrontFee } from "@/src/liquity-utils";
+import {
+  getCollToken,
+  getPrefixedTroveId,
+  getTroveOperationHints,
+  usePredictOpenTroveUpfrontFee,
+} from "@/src/liquity-utils";
 import { LoanCard } from "@/src/screens/TransactionsScreen/LoanCard";
 import { TransactionDetailsRow } from "@/src/screens/TransactionsScreen/TransactionsScreen";
 import { TransactionStatus } from "@/src/screens/TransactionsScreen/TransactionStatus";
@@ -27,8 +32,6 @@ const RequestSchema = createRequestSchema(
     ownerIndex: v.number(),
     collAmount: vDnum(),
     boldAmount: vDnum(),
-    upperHint: vDnum(),
-    lowerHint: vDnum(),
     annualInterestRate: vDnum(),
     maxUpfrontFee: vDnum(),
     interestRateDelegate: v.union([
@@ -223,17 +226,24 @@ export const openBorrowPosition: FlowDeclaration<OpenBorrowPositionRequest> = {
         if (!collateral) {
           throw new Error(`Invalid collateral index: ${request.collIndex}`);
         }
-        const { LeverageLSTZapper } = collateral.contracts;
+
+        const { upperHint, lowerHint } = await getTroveOperationHints({
+          wagmiConfig,
+          contracts,
+          collIndex: request.collIndex,
+          interestRate: request.annualInterestRate[0],
+        });
+
         return writeContract(wagmiConfig, {
-          ...LeverageLSTZapper,
+          ...collateral.contracts.LeverageLSTZapper,
           functionName: "openTroveWithRawETH" as const,
           args: [{
             owner: request.owner,
             ownerIndex: BigInt(request.ownerIndex),
             collAmount: request.collAmount[0],
             boldAmount: request.boldAmount[0],
-            upperHint: request.upperHint[0],
-            lowerHint: request.lowerHint[0],
+            upperHint,
+            lowerHint,
             annualInterestRate: request.interestRateDelegate
               ? 0n
               : request.annualInterestRate[0],
@@ -295,17 +305,24 @@ export const openBorrowPosition: FlowDeclaration<OpenBorrowPositionRequest> = {
         if (!collateral) {
           throw new Error(`Invalid collateral index: ${request.collIndex}`);
         }
-        const { LeverageWETHZapper } = collateral.contracts;
+
+        const { upperHint, lowerHint } = await getTroveOperationHints({
+          wagmiConfig,
+          contracts,
+          collIndex: request.collIndex,
+          interestRate: request.annualInterestRate[0],
+        });
+
         return writeContract(wagmiConfig, {
-          ...LeverageWETHZapper,
+          ...collateral.contracts.LeverageWETHZapper,
           functionName: "openTroveWithRawETH",
           args: [{
             owner: request.owner,
             ownerIndex: BigInt(request.ownerIndex),
             collAmount: 0n,
             boldAmount: request.boldAmount[0],
-            upperHint: request.upperHint[0],
-            lowerHint: request.lowerHint[0],
+            upperHint,
+            lowerHint,
             annualInterestRate: request.interestRateDelegate
               ? 0n
               : request.annualInterestRate[0],
diff --git a/frontend/app/src/tx-flows/openLeveragePosition.tsx b/frontend/app/src/tx-flows/openLeveragePosition.tsx
index 04ea7f158..ce9e5751c 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/tx-flows/openLeveragePosition.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/src/tx-flows/openLeveragePosition.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import { ETH_GAS_COMPENSATION, MAX_UPFRONT_FEE } from "@/src/constants";
 import { dnum18 } from "@/src/dnum-utils";
 import { fmtnum } from "@/src/formatting";
 import { getOpenLeveragedTroveParams } from "@/src/liquity-leverage";
-import { getCollToken, getPrefixedTroveId, usePredictOpenTroveUpfrontFee } from "@/src/liquity-utils";
+import {
+  getCollToken,
+  getPrefixedTroveId,
+  getTroveOperationHints,
+  usePredictOpenTroveUpfrontFee,
+} from "@/src/liquity-utils";
 import { AccountButton } from "@/src/screens/TransactionsScreen/AccountButton";
 import { LoanCard } from "@/src/screens/TransactionsScreen/LoanCard";
 import { TransactionDetailsRow } from "@/src/screens/TransactionsScreen/TransactionsScreen";
@@ -186,14 +191,21 @@ export const openLeveragePosition: FlowDeclaration<OpenLeveragePositionRequest>
           wagmiConfig,
         );
 
+        const { upperHint, lowerHint } = await getTroveOperationHints({
+          wagmiConfig,
+          contracts,
+          collIndex: loan.collIndex,
+          interestRate: loan.interestRate[0],
+        });
+
         const txParams = {
           owner: loan.borrower,
           ownerIndex: BigInt(request.ownerIndex),
           collAmount: initialDeposit[0],
           flashLoanAmount: openLeveragedParams.flashLoanAmount,
           boldAmount: openLeveragedParams.effectiveBoldAmount,
-          upperHint: 0n,
-          lowerHint: 0n,
+          upperHint,
+          lowerHint,
           annualInterestRate: loan.batchManager ? 0n : loan.interestRate[0],
           batchManager: loan.batchManager ?? ADDRESS_ZERO,
           maxUpfrontFee: MAX_UPFRONT_FEE,