Configure the bot

Freqtrade has many configurable features and possibilities. By default, these settings are configured via the configuration file (see below).

The Freqtrade configuration file

The bot uses a set of configuration parameters during its operation that all together conform the bot configuration. It normally reads its configuration from a file (Freqtrade configuration file).

Per default, the bot loads the configuration from the config.json file, located in the current working directory.

You can specify a different configuration file used by the bot with the -c/--config command line option.

In some advanced use cases, multiple configuration files can be specified and used by the bot or the bot can read its configuration parameters from the process standard input stream.

If you used the Quick start method for installing the bot, the installation script should have already created the default configuration file (config.json) for you.

If default configuration file is not created we recommend you to use freqtrade new-config --config config.json to generate a basic configuration file.

The Freqtrade configuration file is to be written in the JSON format.

Additionally to the standard JSON syntax, you may use one-line // ... and multi-line /* ... */ comments in your configuration files and trailing commas in the lists of parameters.

Do not worry if you are not familiar with JSON format -- simply open the configuration file with an editor of your choice, make some changes to the parameters you need, save your changes and, finally, restart the bot or, if it was previously stopped, run it again with the changes you made to the configuration. The bot validates syntax of the configuration file at startup and will warn you if you made any errors editing it, pointing out problematic lines.

Configuration parameters

The table below will list all configuration parameters available.

Freqtrade can also load many options via command line (CLI) arguments (check out the commands --help output for details). The prevelance for all Options is as follows:

CLI arguments override any other option
Configuration files are used in sequence (last file wins), and override Strategy configurations.
Strategy configurations are only used if they are not set via configuration or via command line arguments. These options are marked with Strategy Override in the below table.

Mandatory parameters are marked as Required, which means that they are required to be set in one of the possible ways.

Parameter	Description
`max_open_trades`	Required. Number of open trades your bot is allowed to have. Only one open trade per pair is possible, so the length of your pairlist is another limitation which can apply. If -1 then it is ignored (i.e. potentially unlimited open trades, limited by the pairlist). More information below. Datatype: Positive integer or -1.
`stake_currency`	Required. Crypto-currency used for trading. Strategy Override. Datatype: String
`stake_amount`	Required. Amount of crypto-currency your bot will use for each trade. Set it to `"unlimited"` to allow the bot to use all available balance. More information below. Strategy Override. Datatype: Positive float or `"unlimited"`.
`tradable_balance_ratio`	Ratio of the total account balance the bot is allowed to trade. More information below. Defaults to `0.99` 99%). Datatype: Positive float between `0.1` and `1.0`.
`amend_last_stake_amount`	Use reduced last stake amount if necessary. More information below. Defaults to `false`. Datatype: Boolean
`last_stake_amount_min_ratio`	Defines minimum stake amount that has to be left and executed. Applies only to the last stake amount when it's amended to a reduced value (i.e. if `amend_last_stake_amount` is set to `true`). More information below. Defaults to `0.5`. Datatype: Float (as ratio)
`amount_reserve_percent`	Reserve some amount in min pair stake amount. The bot will reserve `amount_reserve_percent` + stoploss value when calculating min pair stake amount in order to avoid possible trade refusals. Defaults to `0.05` (5%). Datatype: Positive Float as ratio.
`timeframe`	The timeframe (former ticker interval) to use (e.g `1m`, `5m`, `15m`, `30m`, `1h` ...). Strategy Override. Datatype: String
`fiat_display_currency`	Fiat currency used to show your profits. More information below. Datatype: String
`dry_run`	Required. Define if the bot must be in Dry Run or production mode. Defaults to `true`. Datatype: Boolean
`dry_run_wallet`	Define the starting amount in stake currency for the simulated wallet used by the bot running in the Dry Run mode. Defaults to `1000`. Datatype: Float
`cancel_open_orders_on_exit`	Cancel open orders when the `/stop` RPC command is issued, `Ctrl+C` is pressed or the bot dies unexpectedly. When set to `true`, this allows you to use `/stop` to cancel unfilled and partially filled orders in the event of a market crash. It does not impact open positions. Defaults to `false`. Datatype: Boolean
`process_only_new_candles`	Enable processing of indicators only when new candles arrive. If false each loop populates the indicators, this will mean the same candle is processed many times creating system load but can be useful of your strategy depends on tick data not only candle. Strategy Override. Defaults to `false`. Datatype: Boolean
`minimal_roi`	Required. Set the threshold as ratio the bot will use to sell a trade. More information below. Strategy Override. Datatype: Dict
`stoploss`	Required. Value as ratio of the stoploss used by the bot. More details in the stoploss documentation. Strategy Override. Datatype: Float (as ratio)
`trailing_stop`	Enables trailing stoploss (based on `stoploss` in either configuration or strategy file). More details in the stoploss documentation. Strategy Override. Datatype: Boolean
`trailing_stop_positive`	Changes stoploss once profit has been reached. More details in the stoploss documentation. Strategy Override. Datatype: Float
`trailing_stop_positive_offset`	Offset on when to apply `trailing_stop_positive`. Percentage value which should be positive. More details in the stoploss documentation. Strategy Override. Defaults to `0.0` (no offset). Datatype: Float
`trailing_only_offset_is_reached`	Only apply trailing stoploss when the offset is reached. stoploss documentation. Strategy Override. Defaults to `false`. Datatype: Boolean
`unfilledtimeout.buy`	Required. How long (in minutes) the bot will wait for an unfilled buy order to complete, after which the order will be cancelled and repeated at current (new) price, as long as there is a signal. Strategy Override. Datatype: Integer
`unfilledtimeout.sell`	Required. How long (in minutes) the bot will wait for an unfilled sell order to complete, after which the order will be cancelled and repeated at current (new) price, as long as there is a signal. Strategy Override. Datatype: Integer
`bid_strategy.price_side`	Select the side of the spread the bot should look at to get the buy rate. More information below. Defaults to `bid`. Datatype: String (either `ask` or `bid`).
`bid_strategy.ask_last_balance`	Required. Set the bidding price. More information below.
`bid_strategy.use_order_book`	Enable buying using the rates in Order Book Bids. Datatype: Boolean
`bid_strategy.order_book_top`	Bot will use the top N rate in Order Book Bids to buy. I.e. a value of 2 will allow the bot to pick the 2nd bid rate in Order Book Bids. Defaults to `1`. Datatype: Positive Integer
`bid_strategy. check_depth_of_market.enabled`	Do not buy if the difference of buy orders and sell orders is met in Order Book. Check market depth. Defaults to `false`. Datatype: Boolean
`bid_strategy. check_depth_of_market.bids_to_ask_delta`	The difference ratio of buy orders and sell orders found in Order Book. A value below 1 means sell order size is greater, while value greater than 1 means buy order size is higher. Check market depth Defaults to `0`. Datatype: Float (as ratio)
`ask_strategy.price_side`	Select the side of the spread the bot should look at to get the sell rate. More information below. Defaults to `ask`. Datatype: String (either `ask` or `bid`).
`ask_strategy.use_order_book`	Enable selling of open trades using Order Book Asks. Datatype: Boolean
`ask_strategy.order_book_min`	Bot will scan from the top min to max Order Book Asks searching for a profitable rate. Defaults to `1`. Datatype: Positive Integer
`ask_strategy.order_book_max`	Bot will scan from the top min to max Order Book Asks searching for a profitable rate. Defaults to `1`. Datatype: Positive Integer
`ask_strategy.use_sell_signal`	Use sell signals produced by the strategy in addition to the `minimal_roi`. Strategy Override. Defaults to `true`. Datatype: Boolean
`ask_strategy.sell_profit_only`	Wait until the bot reaches `ask_strategy.sell_profit_offset` before taking a sell decision. Strategy Override. Defaults to `false`. Datatype: Boolean
`ask_strategy.sell_profit_offset`	Sell-signal is only active above this value. Strategy Override. Defaults to `0.0`. Datatype: Float (as ratio)
`ask_strategy.ignore_roi_if_buy_signal`	Do not sell if the buy signal is still active. This setting takes preference over `minimal_roi` and `use_sell_signal`. Strategy Override. Defaults to `false`. Datatype: Boolean
`ask_strategy.ignore_buying_expired_candle_after`	Specifies the number of seconds until a buy signal is no longer used. Datatype: Integer
`order_types`	Configure order-types depending on the action (`"buy"`, `"sell"`, `"stoploss"`, `"stoploss_on_exchange"`). More information below. Strategy Override. Datatype: Dict
`order_time_in_force`	Configure time in force for buy and sell orders. More information below. Strategy Override. Datatype: Dict
`exchange.name`	Required. Name of the exchange class to use. List below. Datatype: String
`exchange.sandbox`	Use the 'sandbox' version of the exchange, where the exchange provides a sandbox for risk-free integration. See here in more details. Datatype: Boolean
`exchange.key`	API key to use for the exchange. Only required when you are in production mode. Keep it in secret, do not disclose publicly. Datatype: String
`exchange.secret`	API secret to use for the exchange. Only required when you are in production mode. Keep it in secret, do not disclose publicly. Datatype: String
`exchange.password`	API password to use for the exchange. Only required when you are in production mode and for exchanges that use password for API requests. Keep it in secret, do not disclose publicly. Datatype: String
`exchange.pair_whitelist`	List of pairs to use by the bot for trading and to check for potential trades during backtesting. Supports regex pairs as `./BTC`. Not used by VolumePairList. More information. Datatype:* List
`exchange.pair_blacklist`	List of pairs the bot must absolutely avoid for trading and backtesting. More information. Datatype: List
`exchange.ccxt_config`	Additional CCXT parameters passed to both ccxt instances (sync and async). This is usually the correct place for ccxt configurations. Parameters may differ from exchange to exchange and are documented in the ccxt documentation Datatype: Dict
`exchange.ccxt_sync_config`	Additional CCXT parameters passed to the regular (sync) ccxt instance. Parameters may differ from exchange to exchange and are documented in the ccxt documentation Datatype: Dict
`exchange.ccxt_async_config`	Additional CCXT parameters passed to the async ccxt instance. Parameters may differ from exchange to exchange and are documented in the ccxt documentation Datatype: Dict
`exchange.markets_refresh_interval`	The interval in minutes in which markets are reloaded. Defaults to `60` minutes. Datatype: Positive Integer
`exchange.skip_pair_validation`	Skip pairlist validation on startup. Defaults to `false` Datatype:* Boolean
`exchange.skip_open_order_update`	Skips open order updates on startup should the exchange cause problems. Only relevant in live conditions. Defaults to `false` Datatype:* Boolean
`edge.*`	Please refer to edge configuration document for detailed explanation.
`experimental.block_bad_exchanges`	Block exchanges known to not work with freqtrade. Leave on default unless you want to test if that exchange works now. Defaults to `true`. Datatype: Boolean
`pairlists`	Define one or more pairlists to be used. More information. Defaults to `StaticPairList`. Datatype: List of Dicts
`protections`	Define one or more protections to be used. More information. Strategy Override. Datatype: List of Dicts
`telegram.enabled`	Enable the usage of Telegram. Datatype: Boolean
`telegram.token`	Your Telegram bot token. Only required if `telegram.enabled` is `true`. Keep it in secret, do not disclose publicly. Datatype: String
`telegram.chat_id`	Your personal Telegram account id. Only required if `telegram.enabled` is `true`. Keep it in secret, do not disclose publicly. Datatype: String
`webhook.enabled`	Enable usage of Webhook notifications Datatype: Boolean
`webhook.url`	URL for the webhook. Only required if `webhook.enabled` is `true`. See the webhook documentation for more details. Datatype: String
`webhook.webhookbuy`	Payload to send on buy. Only required if `webhook.enabled` is `true`. See the webhook documentation for more details. Datatype: String
`webhook.webhookbuycancel`	Payload to send on buy order cancel. Only required if `webhook.enabled` is `true`. See the webhook documentation for more details. Datatype: String
`webhook.webhooksell`	Payload to send on sell. Only required if `webhook.enabled` is `true`. See the webhook documentation for more details. Datatype: String
`webhook.webhooksellcancel`	Payload to send on sell order cancel. Only required if `webhook.enabled` is `true`. See the webhook documentation for more details. Datatype: String
`webhook.webhookstatus`	Payload to send on status calls. Only required if `webhook.enabled` is `true`. See the webhook documentation for more details. Datatype: String
`api_server.enabled`	Enable usage of API Server. See the API Server documentation for more details. Datatype: Boolean
`api_server.listen_ip_address`	Bind IP address. See the API Server documentation for more details. Datatype: IPv4
`api_server.listen_port`	Bind Port. See the API Server documentation for more details. Datatype: Integer between 1024 and 65535
`api_server.verbosity`	Logging verbosity. `info` will print all RPC Calls, while "error" will only display errors. Datatype: Enum, either `info` or `error`. Defaults to `info`.
`api_server.username`	Username for API server. See the API Server documentation for more details. Keep it in secret, do not disclose publicly. Datatype: String
`api_server.password`	Password for API server. See the API Server documentation for more details. Keep it in secret, do not disclose publicly. Datatype: String
`bot_name`	Name of the bot. Passed via API to a client - can be shown to distinguish / name bots. Defaults to `freqtrade` Datatype: String
`db_url`	Declares database URL to use. NOTE: This defaults to `sqlite:///tradesv3.dryrun.sqlite` if `dry_run` is `true`, and to `sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite` for production instances. Datatype: String, SQLAlchemy connect string
`initial_state`	Defines the initial application state. If set to stopped, then the bot has to be explicitly started via `/start` RPC command. Defaults to `stopped`. Datatype: Enum, either `stopped` or `running`
`forcebuy_enable`	Enables the RPC Commands to force a buy. More information below. Datatype: Boolean
`disable_dataframe_checks`	Disable checking the OHLCV dataframe returned from the strategy methods for correctness. Only use when intentionally changing the dataframe and understand what you are doing. Strategy Override. Defaults to `False`. Datatype: Boolean
`strategy`	Required Defines Strategy class to use. Recommended to be set via `--strategy NAME`. Datatype: ClassName
`strategy_path`	Adds an additional strategy lookup path (must be a directory). Datatype: String
`internals.process_throttle_secs`	Set the process throttle, or minimum loop duration for one bot iteration loop. Value in second. Defaults to `5` seconds. Datatype: Positive Integer
`internals.heartbeat_interval`	Print heartbeat message every N seconds. Set to 0 to disable heartbeat messages. Defaults to `60` seconds. Datatype: Positive Integer or 0
`internals.sd_notify`	Enables use of the sd_notify protocol to tell systemd service manager about changes in the bot state and issue keep-alive pings. See here for more details. Datatype: Boolean
`logfile`	Specifies logfile name. Uses a rolling strategy for log file rotation for 10 files with the 1MB limit per file. Datatype: String
`user_data_dir`	Directory containing user data. Defaults to `./user_data/`. Datatype: String
`dataformat_ohlcv`	Data format to use to store historical candle (OHLCV) data. Defaults to `json`. Datatype: String
`dataformat_trades`	Data format to use to store historical trades data. Defaults to `jsongz`. Datatype: String

Parameters in the strategy

The following parameters can be set in either configuration file or strategy. Values set in the configuration file always overwrite values set in the strategy.

minimal_roi
timeframe
stoploss
trailing_stop
trailing_stop_positive
trailing_stop_positive_offset
trailing_only_offset_is_reached
use_custom_stoploss
process_only_new_candles
order_types
order_time_in_force
stake_currency
stake_amount
unfilledtimeout
disable_dataframe_checks
protections
use_sell_signal (ask_strategy)
sell_profit_only (ask_strategy)
sell_profit_offset (ask_strategy)
ignore_roi_if_buy_signal (ask_strategy)
ignore_buying_expired_candle_after (ask_strategy)

Configuring amount per trade

There are several methods to configure how much of the stake currency the bot will use to enter a trade. All methods respect the available balance configuration as explained below.

Available balance

By default, the bot assumes that the complete amount - 1% is at it's disposal, and when using dynamic stake amount, it will split the complete balance into max_open_trades buckets per trade. Freqtrade will reserve 1% for eventual fees when entering a trade and will therefore not touch that by default.

You can configure the "untouched" amount by using the tradable_balance_ratio setting.

For example, if you have 10 ETH available in your wallet on the exchange and tradable_balance_ratio=0.5 (which is 50%), then the bot will use a maximum amount of 5 ETH for trading and considers this as available balance. The rest of the wallet is untouched by the trades.

!!! Warning The tradable_balance_ratio setting applies to the current balance (free balance + tied up in trades). Therefore, assuming the starting balance of 1000, a configuration with tradable_balance_ratio=0.99 will not guarantee that 10 currency units will always remain available on the exchange. For example, the free amount may reduce to 5 units if the total balance is reduced to 500 (either by a losing streak, or by withdrawing balance).

Amend last stake amount

Assuming we have the tradable balance of 1000 USDT, stake_amount=400, and max_open_trades=3. The bot would open 2 trades, and will be unable to fill the last trading slot, since the requested 400 USDT are no longer available, since 800 USDT are already tied in other trades.

To overcome this, the option amend_last_stake_amount can be set to True, which will enable the bot to reduce stake_amount to the available balance in order to fill the last trade slot.

In the example above this would mean:

Trade1: 400 USDT
Trade2: 400 USDT
Trade3: 200 USDT

!!! Note This option only applies with Static stake amount - since Dynamic stake amount divides the balances evenly.

!!! Note The minimum last stake amount can be configured using last_stake_amount_min_ratio - which defaults to 0.5 (50%). This means that the minimum stake amount that's ever used is stake_amount * 0.5. This avoids very low stake amounts, that are close to the minimum tradable amount for the pair and can be refused by the exchange.

Static stake amount

The stake_amount configuration statically configures the amount of stake-currency your bot will use for each trade.

The minimal configuration value is 0.0001, however, please check your exchange's trading minimums for the stake currency you're using to avoid problems.

This setting works in combination with max_open_trades. The maximum capital engaged in trades is stake_amount * max_open_trades. For example, the bot will at most use (0.05 BTC x 3) = 0.15 BTC, assuming a configuration of max_open_trades=3 and stake_amount=0.05.

!!! Note This setting respects the available balance configuration.

Dynamic stake amount

Alternatively, you can use a dynamic stake amount, which will use the available balance on the exchange, and divide that equally by the amount of allowed trades (max_open_trades).

To configure this, set stake_amount="unlimited". We also recommend to set tradable_balance_ratio=0.99 (99%) - to keep a minimum balance for eventual fees.

In this case a trade amount is calculated as:

currency_balance / (max_open_trades - current_open_trades)

To allow the bot to trade all the available stake_currency in your account (minus tradable_balance_ratio) set

"stake_amount" : "unlimited",
"tradable_balance_ratio": 0.99,

!!! Note This configuration will allow increasing / decreasing stakes depending on the performance of the bot (lower stake if bot is loosing, higher stakes if the bot has a winning record, since higher balances are available).

!!! Note "When using Dry-Run Mode" When using "stake_amount" : "unlimited", in combination with Dry-Run, the balance will be simulated starting with a stake of dry_run_wallet which will evolve over time. It is therefore important to set dry_run_wallet to a sensible value (like 0.05 or 0.01 for BTC and 1000 or 100 for USDT, for example), otherwise it may simulate trades with 100 BTC (or more) or 0.05 USDT (or less) at once - which may not correspond to your real available balance or is less than the exchange minimal limit for the order amount for the stake currency.

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Understand minimal_roi

The minimal_roi configuration parameter is a JSON object where the key is a duration in minutes and the value is the minimum ROI as ratio. See the example below:

"minimal_roi": {
    "40": 0.0,    # Sell after 40 minutes if the profit is not negative
    "30": 0.01,   # Sell after 30 minutes if there is at least 1% profit
    "20": 0.02,   # Sell after 20 minutes if there is at least 2% profit
    "0":  0.04    # Sell immediately if there is at least 4% profit
},

Most of the strategy files already include the optimal minimal_roi value. This parameter can be set in either Strategy or Configuration file. If you use it in the configuration file, it will override the minimal_roi value from the strategy file. If it is not set in either Strategy or Configuration, a default of 1000% {"0": 10} is used, and minimal roi is disabled unless your trade generates 1000% profit.

!!! Note "Special case to forcesell after a specific time" A special case presents using "<N>": -1 as ROI. This forces the bot to sell a trade after N Minutes, no matter if it's positive or negative, so represents a time-limited force-sell.

Understand forcebuy_enable

The forcebuy_enable configuration parameter enables the usage of forcebuy commands via Telegram and REST API. For security reasons, it's disabled by default, and freqtrade will show a warning message on startup if enabled. For example, you can send /forcebuy ETH/BTC to the bot, which will result in freqtrade buying the pair and holds it until a regular sell-signal (ROI, stoploss, /forcesell) appears.

This can be dangerous with some strategies, so use with care.

See the telegram documentation for details on usage.

Ignoring expired candles

When working with larger timeframes (for example 1h or more) and using a low max_open_trades value, the last candle can be processed as soon as a trade slot becomes available. When processing the last candle, this can lead to a situation where it may not be desirable to use the buy signal on that candle. For example, when using a condition in your strategy where you use a cross-over, that point may have passed too long ago for you to start a trade on it.

In these situations, you can enable the functionality to ignore candles that are beyond a specified period by setting ask_strategy.ignore_buying_expired_candle_after to a positive number, indicating the number of seconds after which the buy signal becomes expired.

For example, if your strategy is using a 1h timeframe, and you only want to buy within the first 5 minutes when a new candle comes in, you can add the following configuration to your strategy:

  "ask_strategy":{
    "ignore_buying_expired_candle_after": 300,
    "price_side": "bid",
    // ...
  },

Understand order_types

The order_types configuration parameter maps actions (buy, sell, stoploss, emergencysell) to order-types (market, limit, ...) as well as configures stoploss to be on the exchange and defines stoploss on exchange update interval in seconds.

This allows to buy using limit orders, sell using limit-orders, and create stoplosses using market orders. It also allows to set the stoploss "on exchange" which means stoploss order would be placed immediately once the buy order is fulfilled.

order_types set in the configuration file overwrites values set in the strategy as a whole, so you need to configure the whole order_types dictionary in one place.

If this is configured, the following 4 values (buy, sell, stoploss and stoploss_on_exchange) need to be present, otherwise the bot will fail to start.

For information on (emergencysell,stoploss_on_exchange,stoploss_on_exchange_interval,stoploss_on_exchange_limit_ratio) please see stop loss documentation stop loss on exchange

Syntax for Strategy:

order_types = {
    "buy": "limit",
    "sell": "limit",
    "emergencysell": "market",
    "stoploss": "market",
    "stoploss_on_exchange": False,
    "stoploss_on_exchange_interval": 60,
    "stoploss_on_exchange_limit_ratio": 0.99,
}

Configuration:

"order_types": {
    "buy": "limit",
    "sell": "limit",
    "emergencysell": "market",
    "stoploss": "market",
    "stoploss_on_exchange": false,
    "stoploss_on_exchange_interval": 60
}

!!! Note "Market order support" Not all exchanges support "market" orders. The following message will be shown if your exchange does not support market orders: "Exchange <yourexchange> does not support market orders." and the bot will refuse to start.

!!! Warning "Using market orders" Please carefully read the section Market order pricing section when using market orders.

!!! Note "Stoploss on exchange" stoploss_on_exchange_interval is not mandatory. Do not change its value if you are unsure of what you are doing. For more information about how stoploss works please refer to the stoploss documentation.

If `stoploss_on_exchange` is enabled and the stoploss is cancelled manually on the exchange, then the bot will create a new stoploss order.

!!! Warning "Warning: stoploss_on_exchange failures" If stoploss on exchange creation fails for some reason, then an "emergency sell" is initiated. By default, this will sell the asset using a market order. The order-type for the emergency-sell can be changed by setting the emergencysell value in the order_types dictionary - however this is not advised.

Understand order_time_in_force

The order_time_in_force configuration parameter defines the policy by which the order is executed on the exchange. Three commonly used time in force are:

GTC (Good Till Canceled):

This is most of the time the default time in force. It means the order will remain on exchange till it is canceled by user. It can be fully or partially fulfilled. If partially fulfilled, the remaining will stay on the exchange till cancelled.

FOK (Fill Or Kill):

It means if the order is not executed immediately AND fully then it is canceled by the exchange.

IOC (Immediate Or Canceled):

It is the same as FOK (above) except it can be partially fulfilled. The remaining part is automatically cancelled by the exchange.

The order_time_in_force parameter contains a dict with buy and sell time in force policy values. This can be set in the configuration file or in the strategy. Values set in the configuration file overwrites values set in the strategy.

The possible values are: gtc (default), fok or ioc.

"order_time_in_force": {
    "buy": "gtc",
    "sell": "gtc"
},

!!! Warning This is an ongoing work. For now it is supported only for binance and only for buy orders. Please don't change the default value unless you know what you are doing.

Exchange configuration

Freqtrade is based on CCXT library that supports over 100 cryptocurrency exchange markets and trading APIs. The complete up-to-date list can be found in the CCXT repo homepage. However, the bot was tested by the development team with only Bittrex, Binance and Kraken, so the these are the only officially supported exchanges:

Bittrex: "bittrex"
Binance: "binance"
Kraken: "kraken"

Feel free to test other exchanges and submit your PR to improve the bot.

Some exchanges require special configuration, which can be found on the Exchange-specific Notes documentation page.

Sample exchange configuration

A exchange configuration for "binance" would look as follows:

"exchange": {
    "name": "binance",
    "key": "your_exchange_key",
    "secret": "your_exchange_secret",
    "ccxt_config": {"enableRateLimit": true},
    "ccxt_async_config": {
        "enableRateLimit": true,
        "rateLimit": 200
    },

This configuration enables binance, as well as rate limiting to avoid bans from the exchange. "rateLimit": 200 defines a wait-event of 0.2s between each call. This can also be completely disabled by setting "enableRateLimit" to false.

!!! Note Optimal settings for rate limiting depend on the exchange and the size of the whitelist, so an ideal parameter will vary on many other settings. We try to provide sensible defaults per exchange where possible, if you encounter bans please make sure that "enableRateLimit" is enabled and increase the "rateLimit" parameter step by step.

Advanced Freqtrade Exchange configuration

Advanced options can be configured using the _ft_has_params setting, which will override Defaults and exchange-specific behaviours.

Available options are listed in the exchange-class as _ft_has_default.

For example, to test the order type FOK with Kraken, and modify candle limit to 200 (so you only get 200 candles per API call):

"exchange": {
    "name": "kraken",
    "_ft_has_params": {
        "order_time_in_force": ["gtc", "fok"],
        "ohlcv_candle_limit": 200
        }

!!! Warning Please make sure to fully understand the impacts of these settings before modifying them.

What values can be used for fiat_display_currency?

The fiat_display_currency configuration parameter sets the base currency to use for the conversion from coin to fiat in the bot Telegram reports.

The valid values are:

"AUD", "BRL", "CAD", "CHF", "CLP", "CNY", "CZK", "DKK", "EUR", "GBP", "HKD", "HUF", "IDR", "ILS", "INR", "JPY", "KRW", "MXN", "MYR", "NOK", "NZD", "PHP", "PKR", "PLN", "RUB", "SEK", "SGD", "THB", "TRY", "TWD", "ZAR", "USD"

In addition to fiat currencies, a range of cryto currencies are supported.

The valid values are:

"BTC", "ETH", "XRP", "LTC", "BCH", "USDT"

Using Dry-run mode

We recommend starting the bot in the Dry-run mode to see how your bot will behave and what is the performance of your strategy. In the Dry-run mode the bot does not engage your money. It only runs a live simulation without creating trades on the exchange.

Edit your config.json configuration file.
Switch dry-run to true and specify db_url for a persistence database.

"dry_run": true,
"db_url": "sqlite:///tradesv3.dryrun.sqlite",

Remove your Exchange API key and secret (change them by empty values or fake credentials):

"exchange": {
        "name": "bittrex",
        "key": "key",
        "secret": "secret",
        ...
}

Once you will be happy with your bot performance running in the Dry-run mode, you can switch it to production mode.

!!! Note A simulated wallet is available during dry-run mode, and will assume a starting capital of dry_run_wallet (defaults to 1000).

Considerations for dry-run

API-keys may or may not be provided. Only Read-Only operations (i.e. operations that do not alter account state) on the exchange are performed in dry-run mode.
Wallets (/balance) are simulated based on dry_run_wallet.
Orders are simulated, and will not be posted to the exchange.
Orders are assumed to fill immediately, and will never time out.
In combination with stoploss_on_exchange, the stop_loss price is assumed to be filled.
Open orders (not trades, which are stored in the database) are reset on bot restart.

Switch to production mode

In production mode, the bot will engage your money. Be careful, since a wrong strategy can lose all your money. Be aware of what you are doing when you run it in production mode.

Setup your exchange account

You will need to create API Keys (usually you get key and secret, some exchanges require an additional password) from the Exchange website and you'll need to insert this into the appropriate fields in the configuration or when asked by the freqtrade new-config command. API Keys are usually only required for live trading (trading for real money, bot running in "production mode", executing real orders on the exchange) and are not required for the bot running in dry-run (trade simulation) mode. When you setup the bot in dry-run mode, you may fill these fields with empty values.

To switch your bot in production mode

Edit your config.json file.

Switch dry-run to false and don't forget to adapt your database URL if set:

"dry_run": false,

Insert your Exchange API key (change them by fake api keys):

"exchange": {
        "name": "bittrex",
        "key": "af8ddd35195e9dc500b9a6f799f6f5c93d89193b",
        "secret": "08a9dc6db3d7b53e1acebd9275677f4b0a04f1a5",
        ...
}

You should also make sure to read the Exchanges section of the documentation to be aware of potential configuration details specific to your exchange.

Using proxy with Freqtrade

To use a proxy with freqtrade, add the kwarg "aiohttp_trust_env"=true to the "ccxt_async_kwargs" dict in the exchange section of the configuration.

An example for this can be found in config_full.json.example

"ccxt_async_config": {
    "aiohttp_trust_env": true
}

Then, export your proxy settings using the variables "HTTP_PROXY" and "HTTPS_PROXY" set to the appropriate values

export HTTP_PROXY="http://addr:port"
export HTTPS_PROXY="http://addr:port"
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Now you have configured your config.json, the next step is to start your bot.

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Configure the bot

The Freqtrade configuration file

Configuration parameters

Parameters in the strategy

Configuring amount per trade

Available balance

Amend last stake amount

Static stake amount

Dynamic stake amount

Understand minimal_roi

Understand forcebuy_enable

Ignoring expired candles

Understand order_types

Understand order_time_in_force

Exchange configuration

Sample exchange configuration

Advanced Freqtrade Exchange configuration

What values can be used for fiat_display_currency?

Using Dry-run mode

Considerations for dry-run

Switch to production mode

Setup your exchange account

To switch your bot in production mode

Using proxy with Freqtrade

Next step

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Configure the bot

The Freqtrade configuration file

Configuration parameters

Parameters in the strategy

Configuring amount per trade

Available balance

Amend last stake amount

Static stake amount

Dynamic stake amount

Understand minimal_roi

Understand forcebuy_enable

Ignoring expired candles

Understand order_types

Understand order_time_in_force

Exchange configuration

Sample exchange configuration

Advanced Freqtrade Exchange configuration

What values can be used for fiat_display_currency?

Using Dry-run mode

Considerations for dry-run

Switch to production mode

Setup your exchange account

To switch your bot in production mode

Using proxy with Freqtrade

Next step