Get started

$ cd freqtrade/

copy example config. Dont forget to insert your api keys

$ cp config.json.example config.json $ python -m venv .env $ source .env/bin/activate $ pip install -r requirements.txt $ pip install -e . $ ./freqtrade/main.py

Workflow example

1. Download ticker data

mkdir freqtrade/tests/testdata-20180113 cd freqtrade/tests/testdata-20180113

edit pairs.json

./download_backtest_data.py -p pairs.json

2. Edit your strategy.py

vi strat-heikinashi.py

3. Possibly run hyperopt

freqtrade -s strat-heikinashi hyperopt --timeperiod=-100

3. Run backtesting to see performance numbers and export plot data

freqtrade -s strat-heikinashi backtesting --timeperiod=-200 --export=trades,results

Plotting

Plot profit

python scripts/plot_profit.py -p BTC_ETH,BTC_LTC -s strat-heikinashi

Plot an indicator

python scripts/plot_df.py -p BTC_ETH -i1 sto_fastk -i2 rsi

This example uses the default indicator