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- [Plot price and indicators](#plot-price-and-indicators)
- [Plot profit](#plot-profit)
## Installation
Plotting scripts use Plotly library. Install/upgrade it with:
```
pip install --upgrade plotly
```
At least version 2.3.0 is required.
## Plot price and indicators
Usage for the price plotter:
script/plot_dataframe.py [-h] [-p pair]
```
script/plot_dataframe.py [-h] [-p pair] [--live]
```
Example
```
python script/plot_dataframe.py -p BTC_ETH,BTC_LTC
python script/plot_dataframe.py -p BTC_ETH
```
The -p pair argument, can be used to specify what
The `-p` pair argument, can be used to specify what
pair you would like to plot.
**Advanced use**
To plot the current live price use the --live flag:
To plot the current live price use the `--live` flag:
```
python scripts/plot_dataframe.py -p BTC_ETH --live
```
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that makes profit spikes.
Usage for the profit plotter:
script/plot_profit.py [-h] [-p pair] [--datadir directory] [--ticker_interval num]
The -p pair argument, can be used to plot a single pair
```
script/plot_profit.py [-h] [-p pair] [--datadir directory] [--ticker_interval num]
```
The `-p` pair argument, can be used to plot a single pair
Example
```
python python scripts/plot_profit.py --datadir ../freqtrade/freqtrade/tests/testdata-20171221/ -p BTC_LTC
```
**When it goes wrong**
*** Linux: Can't display**
If you are inside an python environment, you might want to set the
DISPLAY variable as so:
$ DISPLAY=:0 python scripts/plot_dataframe.py