Freqtrade

Freqtrade is a free and open source crypto trading bot written in Python. It is designed to support all major exchanges and be controlled via Telegram. It contains backtesting, plotting and money management tools as well as strategy optimization by machine learning.

Disclaimer

This software is for educational purposes only. Do not risk money which
you are afraid to lose. USE THE SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHORS
AND ALL AFFILIATES ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR TRADING RESULTS.

Always start by running a trading bot in Dry-run and do not engage money
before you understand how it works and what profit/loss you should
expect.

We strongly recommend you to have coding and Python knowledge. Do not
hesitate to read the source code and understand the mechanism of this bot.

Exchange marketplaces supported

• Bittrex
• Binance (*Note for binance users)
• 113 others to tests. (We cannot guarantee they will work)

Documentation

We invite you to read the bot documentation to ensure you understand how the bot is working.

Please find the complete documentation on our website.

Features

• Based on Python 3.6+: For botting on any operating system - Windows, macOS and Linux.
• Persistence: Persistence is achieved through sqlite.
• Dry-run: Run the bot without playing money.
• Backtesting: Run a simulation of your buy/sell strategy.
• Strategy Optimization by machine learning: Use machine learning to optimize your buy/sell strategy parameters with real exchange data.
• Edge position sizing Calculate your win rate, risk reward ratio, the best stoploss and adjust your position size before taking a position for each specific market. Learn more.
• Whitelist crypto-currencies: Select which crypto-currency you want to trade or use dynamic whitelists.
• Blacklist crypto-currencies: Select which crypto-currency you want to avoid.
• Manageable via Telegram: Manage the bot with Telegram.
• Display profit/loss in fiat: Display your profit/loss in 33 fiat.
• Daily summary of profit/loss: Provide a daily summary of your profit/loss.
• Performance status report: Provide a performance status of your current trades.

Quick start

Freqtrade provides a Linux/macOS script to install all dependencies and help you to configure the bot.

git clone git@github.com:freqtrade/freqtrade.git
cd freqtrade
git checkout develop
./setup.sh --install

For any other type of installation please refer to Installation doc.

Basic Usage

Bot commands

usage: freqtrade [-h] [-v] [--logfile FILE] [--version] [-c PATH] [-d PATH]
                 [-s NAME] [--strategy-path PATH] [--dynamic-whitelist [INT]]
                 [--db-url PATH] [--sd-notify]
                 {backtesting,edge,hyperopt} ...

Free, open source crypto trading bot

positional arguments:
  {backtesting,edge,hyperopt}
    backtesting         Backtesting module.
    edge                Edge module.
    hyperopt            Hyperopt module.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose         Verbose mode (-vv for more, -vvv to get all messages).
  --logfile FILE        Log to the file specified
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -c PATH, --config PATH
                        Specify configuration file (default: None). Multiple
                        --config options may be used.
  -d PATH, --datadir PATH
                        Path to backtest data.
  -s NAME, --strategy NAME
                        Specify strategy class name (default:
                        DefaultStrategy).
  --strategy-path PATH  Specify additional strategy lookup path.
  --dynamic-whitelist [INT]
                        Dynamically generate and update whitelist based on 24h
                        BaseVolume (default: 20). DEPRECATED.
  --db-url PATH         Override trades database URL, this is useful if
                        dry_run is enabled or in custom deployments (default:
                        None).
  --sd-notify           Notify systemd service manager.

Telegram RPC commands

Telegram is not mandatory. However, this is a great way to control your bot. More details and the full command list on our documentation

• /start: Starts the trader
• /stop: Stops the trader
• /status [table]: Lists all open trades
• /count: Displays number of open trades
• /profit: Lists cumulative profit from all finished trades
• `/forcesell <trade_id>