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
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
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>
