# install python3.9-dev and pip if not avaliable
sudo apt install python3.9-dev
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
python3.9 get-pip.py
# clone repo
git clone -b develop https://github.com/freqtrade/freqtrade.git
cd freqtrade
# setup and activate env
./setup.sh --install
source .env/bin/activate
# create profile
freqtrade new-config --config user_data/config.json
# change config pairs manual
# download data
freqtrade download-data --exchange binance -t 5m --days 500
# use hyperopt to optimise strategy parameters by buy and sell signal
# read this for the loss function https://www.freqtrade.io/en/stable/hyperopt/#loss-functions
freqtrade hyperopt --hyperopt-loss SharpeHyperOptLoss --spaces buy sell --timerange 20210101- --timeframe 5m --strategy BelieveInCoin
# update parameters to default config inside strategy python file
# use hyperopt to optimise roi and trailing configs parameters
freqtrade hyperopt --hyperopt-loss OnlyProfitHyperOptLoss --spaces roi trailing --timerange 20210101- --timeframe 5m --strategy BelieveInCoin
# update minimal_roi and trailing_stop to config
# backtesting
freqtrade backtesting --timeframe 5m --strategy BelieveInCoin
# or compare list
freqtrade backtesting --timeframe 5m --timerange 20210301- --strategy-list BelieveInCoin NostalgiaForInfinityX
# plot backtest
freqtrade plot-dataframe --strategy BelieveInCoin --timerange=20210701-
mkdir ft_userdata
cd ft_userdata/
# Download the docker-compose file from the repository
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freqtrade/freqtrade/stable/docker-compose.yml -o docker-compose.yml
# Pull the freqtrade image
docker-compose pull
# Create user directory structure
docker-compose run --rm freqtrade create-userdir --userdir user_data
# Create configuration - Requires answering interactive questions
docker-compose run --rm freqtrade new-config --config user_data/config.json
# add credential and configs
# add strategies
# edit docker-compose.yml CMD to change strategy
# run via docker-compose
docker-compose up -d
example: "12": 0.064 mean after 12 mins holding if the profit positive more than 6.4% will automatic sell
but for testing no minimal_roi is probably the best
"minimal_roi": {
"0": 0.16,
"21": 0.037,
"64": 0.012,
"178": 0
}
"trailing_stop": true,
"trailing_stop_positive": 0.079,
"trailing_stop_positive_offset": 0.156,
"trailing_only_offset_is_reached": true
use docker-compose run freqtrade test-pairlist
to check the pairlist
ref https://www.freqtrade.io/en/stable/includes/pairlists/
Example volume pair list
"exchange": {
"pair_whitelist": [],
"pair_blacklist": [
".*BEAR/BTC",
".*BULL/BTC",
".*UP/BTC",
".*DOWN/BTC",
".*HEDGE/BTC",
]
},
"pairlists": [
{
"method": "VolumePairList",
"number_assets": 20,
"sort_key": "quoteVolume"
},
{"method": "AgeFilter", "min_days_listed": 7},
{
"method": "RangeStabilityFilter",
"lookback_days": 10,
"min_rate_of_change": 0.01,
"refresh_period": 1440
},
{"method": "ShuffleFilter"}
],