diff --git a/docs/backtesting.md b/docs/backtesting.md index 75aba6c73..6383b1855 100644 --- a/docs/backtesting.md +++ b/docs/backtesting.md @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ freqtrade backtesting --datadir user_data/data/bittrex-20180101 #### With a (custom) strategy file ```bash -freqtrade -s SampleStrategy backtesting +freqtrade backtesting -s SampleStrategy ``` Where `-s SampleStrategy` refers to the class name within the strategy file `sample_strategy.py` found in the `freqtrade/user_data/strategies` directory. diff --git a/docs/bot-usage.md b/docs/bot-usage.md index f44400e32..ee01780a0 100644 --- a/docs/bot-usage.md +++ b/docs/bot-usage.md @@ -5,27 +5,47 @@ This page explains the different parameters of the bot and how to run it. !!! Note If you've used `setup.sh`, don't forget to activate your virtual environment (`source .env/bin/activate`) before running freqtrade commands. - ## Bot commands ``` -usage: freqtrade [-h] [-v] [--logfile FILE] [-V] [-c PATH] [-d PATH] - [--userdir PATH] [-s NAME] [--strategy-path PATH] - [--db-url PATH] [--sd-notify] - {backtesting,edge,hyperopt,create-userdir,list-exchanges} ... +usage: freqtrade [-h] [-V] + {trade,backtesting,edge,hyperopt,create-userdir,list-exchanges,download-data,plot-dataframe,plot-profit} + ... Free, open source crypto trading bot positional arguments: - {backtesting,edge,hyperopt,create-userdir,list-exchanges} + {trade,backtesting,edge,hyperopt,create-userdir,list-exchanges,download-data,plot-dataframe,plot-profit} + trade Trade module. backtesting Backtesting module. edge Edge module. hyperopt Hyperopt module. create-userdir Create user-data directory. list-exchanges Print available exchanges. + download-data Download backtesting data. + plot-dataframe Plot candles with indicators. + plot-profit Generate plot showing profits. optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit + -V, --version show program's version number and exit +``` + +### Bot trading commands + +``` +usage: freqtrade trade [-h] [-v] [--logfile FILE] [-V] [-c PATH] [-d PATH] + [--userdir PATH] [-s NAME] [--strategy-path PATH] + [--db-url PATH] [--sd-notify] + +optional arguments: + -h, --help show this help message and exit + --db-url PATH Override trades database URL, this is useful in custom + deployments (default: `sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite` for + Live Run mode, `sqlite://` for Dry Run). + --sd-notify Notify systemd service manager. + +Common arguments: -v, --verbose Verbose mode (-vv for more, -vvv to get all messages). --logfile FILE Log to the file specified. -V, --version show program's version number and exit @@ -37,14 +57,12 @@ optional arguments: Path to directory with historical backtesting data. --userdir PATH, --user-data-dir PATH Path to userdata directory. + +Strategy arguments: -s NAME, --strategy NAME Specify strategy class name (default: `DefaultStrategy`). --strategy-path PATH Specify additional strategy lookup path. - --db-url PATH Override trades database URL, this is useful in custom - deployments (default: `sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite` for - Live Run mode, `sqlite://` for Dry Run). - --sd-notify Notify systemd service manager. ``` @@ -128,7 +146,7 @@ In `user_data/strategies` you have a file `my_awesome_strategy.py` which has a strategy class called `AwesomeStrategy` to load it: ```bash -freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy +freqtrade trade --strategy AwesomeStrategy ``` If the bot does not find your strategy file, it will display in an error @@ -143,7 +161,7 @@ This parameter allows you to add an additional strategy lookup path, which gets checked before the default locations (The passed path must be a directory!): ```bash -freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy --strategy-path /some/directory +freqtrade trade --strategy AwesomeStrategy --strategy-path /some/directory ``` #### How to install a strategy? @@ -167,20 +185,22 @@ freqtrade -c config.json --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.dry_run.sqlite Backtesting also uses the config specified via `-c/--config`. ``` -usage: freqtrade backtesting [-h] [-i TICKER_INTERVAL] [--timerange TIMERANGE] - [--max_open_trades MAX_OPEN_TRADES] - [--stake_amount STAKE_AMOUNT] [-r] [--eps] [--dmmp] - [-l] - [--strategy-list STRATEGY_LIST [STRATEGY_LIST ...]] - [--export EXPORT] [--export-filename PATH] +usage: freqtrade backtesting [-h] [-v] [--logfile FILE] [-V] [-c PATH] + [-d PATH] [--userdir PATH] [-s NAME] + [--strategy-path PATH] [-i TICKER_INTERVAL] + [--timerange TIMERANGE] [--max_open_trades INT] + [--stake_amount STAKE_AMOUNT] [--eps] [--dmmp] + [--strategy-list STRATEGY_LIST [STRATEGY_LIST ...]] + [--export EXPORT] [--export-filename PATH] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -i TICKER_INTERVAL, --ticker-interval TICKER_INTERVAL - Specify ticker interval (1m, 5m, 30m, 1h, 1d). + Specify ticker interval (`1m`, `5m`, `30m`, `1h`, + `1d`). --timerange TIMERANGE Specify what timerange of data to use. - --max_open_trades MAX_OPEN_TRADES + --max_open_trades INT Specify max_open_trades to use. --stake_amount STAKE_AMOUNT Specify stake_amount. @@ -193,26 +213,47 @@ optional arguments: number). --strategy-list STRATEGY_LIST [STRATEGY_LIST ...] Provide a space-separated list of strategies to - backtest Please note that ticker-interval needs to be + backtest. Please note that ticker-interval needs to be set either in config or via command line. When using - this together with --export trades, the strategy-name - is injected into the filename (so backtest-data.json - becomes backtest-data-DefaultStrategy.json - --export EXPORT Export backtest results, argument are: trades. Example - --export=trades + this together with `--export trades`, the strategy- + name is injected into the filename (so `backtest- + data.json` becomes `backtest-data- + DefaultStrategy.json` + --export EXPORT Export backtest results, argument are: trades. + Example: `--export=trades` --export-filename PATH - Save backtest results to this filename requires - --export to be set as well Example --export- - filename=user_data/backtest_results/backtest_today.json - (default: user_data/backtest_results/backtest- - result.json) + Save backtest results to the file with this filename + (default: `user_data/backtest_results/backtest- + result.json`). Requires `--export` to be set as well. + Example: `--export-filename=user_data/backtest_results + /backtest_today.json` + +Common arguments: + -v, --verbose Verbose mode (-vv for more, -vvv to get all messages). + --logfile FILE Log to the file specified. + -V, --version show program's version number and exit + -c PATH, --config PATH + Specify configuration file (default: `config.json`). + Multiple --config options may be used. Can be set to + `-` to read config from stdin. + -d PATH, --datadir PATH + Path to directory with historical backtesting data. + --userdir PATH, --user-data-dir PATH + Path to userdata directory. + +Strategy arguments: + -s NAME, --strategy NAME + Specify strategy class name (default: + `DefaultStrategy`). + --strategy-path PATH Specify additional strategy lookup path. + ``` ### Getting historic data for backtesting The first time your run Backtesting, you will need to download some historic data first. This can be accomplished by using `freqtrade download-data`. -Check the corresponding [help page section](backtesting.md#Getting-data-for-backtesting-and-hyperopt) for more details +Check the corresponding [Data Downloading](data-download.md) section for more details ## Hyperopt commands @@ -220,15 +261,17 @@ To optimize your strategy, you can use hyperopt parameter hyperoptimization to find optimal parameter values for your stategy. ``` -usage: freqtrade hyperopt [-h] [-i TICKER_INTERVAL] [--timerange TIMERANGE] +usage: freqtrade hyperopt [-h] [-v] [--logfile FILE] [-V] [-c PATH] [-d PATH] + [--userdir PATH] [-s NAME] [--strategy-path PATH] + [-i TICKER_INTERVAL] [--timerange TIMERANGE] [--max_open_trades INT] - [--stake_amount STAKE_AMOUNT] [-r] + [--stake_amount STAKE_AMOUNT] [--customhyperopt NAME] [--hyperopt-path PATH] [--eps] [-e INT] - [-s {all,buy,sell,roi,stoploss} [{all,buy,sell,roi,stoploss} ...]] - [--dmmp] [--print-all] [--no-color] [-j JOBS] - [--random-state INT] [--min-trades INT] [--continue] - [--hyperopt-loss NAME] + [--spaces {all,buy,sell,roi,stoploss} [{all,buy,sell,roi,stoploss} ...]] + [--dmmp] [--print-all] [--no-color] [--print-json] + [-j JOBS] [--random-state INT] [--min-trades INT] + [--continue] [--hyperopt-loss NAME] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit @@ -250,7 +293,7 @@ optional arguments: Allow buying the same pair multiple times (position stacking). -e INT, --epochs INT Specify number of epochs (default: 100). - -s {all,buy,sell,roi,stoploss} [{all,buy,sell,roi,stoploss} ...], --spaces {all,buy,sell,roi,stoploss} [{all,buy,sell,roi,stoploss} ...] + --spaces {all,buy,sell,roi,stoploss} [{all,buy,sell,roi,stoploss} ...] Specify which parameters to hyperopt. Space-separated list. Default: `all`. --dmmp, --disable-max-market-positions @@ -260,6 +303,7 @@ optional arguments: --print-all Print all results, not only the best ones. --no-color Disable colorization of hyperopt results. May be useful if you are redirecting output to a file. + --print-json Print best result detailization in JSON format. -j JOBS, --job-workers JOBS The number of concurrently running jobs for hyperoptimization (hyperopt worker processes). If -1 @@ -278,8 +322,28 @@ optional arguments: generate completely different results, since the target for optimization is different. Built-in Hyperopt-loss-functions are: DefaultHyperOptLoss, - OnlyProfitHyperOptLoss, SharpeHyperOptLoss. - (default: `DefaultHyperOptLoss`). + OnlyProfitHyperOptLoss, SharpeHyperOptLoss.(default: + `DefaultHyperOptLoss`). + +Common arguments: + -v, --verbose Verbose mode (-vv for more, -vvv to get all messages). + --logfile FILE Log to the file specified. + -V, --version show program's version number and exit + -c PATH, --config PATH + Specify configuration file (default: `config.json`). + Multiple --config options may be used. Can be set to + `-` to read config from stdin. + -d PATH, --datadir PATH + Path to directory with historical backtesting data. + --userdir PATH, --user-data-dir PATH + Path to userdata directory. + +Strategy arguments: + -s NAME, --strategy NAME + Specify strategy class name (default: + `DefaultStrategy`). + --strategy-path PATH Specify additional strategy lookup path. + ``` ## Edge commands @@ -287,26 +351,48 @@ optional arguments: To know your trade expectancy and winrate against historical data, you can use Edge. ``` -usage: freqtrade edge [-h] [-i TICKER_INTERVAL] [--timerange TIMERANGE] - [--max_open_trades MAX_OPEN_TRADES] - [--stake_amount STAKE_AMOUNT] [-r] - [--stoplosses STOPLOSS_RANGE] +usage: freqtrade edge [-h] [-v] [--logfile FILE] [-V] [-c PATH] [-d PATH] + [--userdir PATH] [-s NAME] [--strategy-path PATH] + [-i TICKER_INTERVAL] [--timerange TIMERANGE] + [--max_open_trades INT] [--stake_amount STAKE_AMOUNT] + [--stoplosses STOPLOSS_RANGE] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -i TICKER_INTERVAL, --ticker-interval TICKER_INTERVAL - Specify ticker interval (1m, 5m, 30m, 1h, 1d). + Specify ticker interval (`1m`, `5m`, `30m`, `1h`, + `1d`). --timerange TIMERANGE Specify what timerange of data to use. - --max_open_trades MAX_OPEN_TRADES + --max_open_trades INT Specify max_open_trades to use. --stake_amount STAKE_AMOUNT Specify stake_amount. --stoplosses STOPLOSS_RANGE - Defines a range of stoploss against which edge will - assess the strategy the format is "min,max,step" - (without any space).example: - --stoplosses=-0.01,-0.1,-0.001 + Defines a range of stoploss values against which edge + will assess the strategy. The format is "min,max,step" + (without any space). Example: + `--stoplosses=-0.01,-0.1,-0.001` + +Common arguments: + -v, --verbose Verbose mode (-vv for more, -vvv to get all messages). + --logfile FILE Log to the file specified. + -V, --version show program's version number and exit + -c PATH, --config PATH + Specify configuration file (default: `config.json`). + Multiple --config options may be used. Can be set to + `-` to read config from stdin. + -d PATH, --datadir PATH + Path to directory with historical backtesting data. + --userdir PATH, --user-data-dir PATH + Path to userdata directory. + +Strategy arguments: + -s NAME, --strategy NAME + Specify strategy class name (default: + `DefaultStrategy`). + --strategy-path PATH Specify additional strategy lookup path. + ``` To understand edge and how to read the results, please read the [edge documentation](edge.md). diff --git a/docs/docker.md b/docs/docker.md index 923dec1e2..7fc8d2ba4 100644 --- a/docs/docker.md +++ b/docs/docker.md @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ docker run -d \ -v ~/.freqtrade/config.json:/freqtrade/config.json \ -v ~/.freqtrade/user_data/:/freqtrade/user_data \ -v ~/.freqtrade/tradesv3.sqlite:/freqtrade/tradesv3.sqlite \ - freqtrade --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite --strategy MyAwesomeStrategy + freqtrade trade --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite --strategy MyAwesomeStrategy ``` !!! Note @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ docker run -d \ -v ~/.freqtrade/config.json:/freqtrade/config.json \ -v ~/.freqtrade/tradesv3.sqlite:/freqtrade/tradesv3.sqlite \ -v ~/.freqtrade/user_data/:/freqtrade/user_data/ \ - freqtrade --strategy AwsomelyProfitableStrategy backtesting + freqtrade backtesting --strategy AwsomelyProfitableStrategy ``` Head over to the [Backtesting Documentation](backtesting.md) for more details. diff --git a/docs/edge.md b/docs/edge.md index d91522770..80db7b91e 100644 --- a/docs/edge.md +++ b/docs/edge.md @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ An example of its output: ### Update cached pairs with the latest data Edge requires historic data the same way as backtesting does. -Please refer to the [download section](backtesting.md#Getting-data-for-backtesting-and-hyperopt) of the documentation for details. +Please refer to the [Data Downloading](data-download.md) section of the documentation for details. ### Precising stoploss range diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index a441ffacd..c519f8cc3 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ### The bot does not start -Running the bot with `freqtrade --config config.json` does show the output `freqtrade: command not found`. +Running the bot with `freqtrade trade --config config.json` does show the output `freqtrade: command not found`. This could have the following reasons: diff --git a/docs/plotting.md b/docs/plotting.md index 4deb6db12..25278c99d 100644 --- a/docs/plotting.md +++ b/docs/plotting.md @@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ The `freqtrade plot-dataframe` subcommand shows an interactive graph with three Possible arguments: ``` -usage: freqtrade plot-dataframe [-h] [-p PAIRS [PAIRS ...]] +usage: freqtrade plot-dataframe [-h] [-v] [--logfile FILE] [-V] [-c PATH] + [-d PATH] [--userdir PATH] [-s NAME] + [--strategy-path PATH] [-p PAIRS [PAIRS ...]] [--indicators1 INDICATORS1 [INDICATORS1 ...]] [--indicators2 INDICATORS2 [INDICATORS2 ...]] [--plot-limit INT] [--db-url PATH] [--trade-source {DB,file}] [--export EXPORT] [--export-filename PATH] - [--timerange TIMERANGE] + [--timerange TIMERANGE] [-i TICKER_INTERVAL] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit @@ -62,6 +64,28 @@ optional arguments: /backtest_today.json` --timerange TIMERANGE Specify what timerange of data to use. + -i TICKER_INTERVAL, --ticker-interval TICKER_INTERVAL + Specify ticker interval (`1m`, `5m`, `30m`, `1h`, + `1d`). + +Common arguments: + -v, --verbose Verbose mode (-vv for more, -vvv to get all messages). + --logfile FILE Log to the file specified. + -V, --version show program's version number and exit + -c PATH, --config PATH + Specify configuration file (default: `config.json`). + Multiple --config options may be used. Can be set to + `-` to read config from stdin. + -d PATH, --datadir PATH + Path to directory with historical backtesting data. + --userdir PATH, --user-data-dir PATH + Path to userdata directory. + +Strategy arguments: + -s NAME, --strategy NAME + Specify strategy class name (default: + `DefaultStrategy`). + --strategy-path PATH Specify additional strategy lookup path. ``` @@ -83,7 +107,7 @@ Use `--indicators1` for the main plot and `--indicators2` for the subplot below You will almost certainly want to specify a custom strategy! This can be done by adding `-s Classname` / `--strategy ClassName` to the command. ``` bash -freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy plot-dataframe -p BTC/ETH --indicators1 sma ema --indicators2 macd +freqtrade plot-dataframe --strategy AwesomeStrategy -p BTC/ETH --indicators1 sma ema --indicators2 macd ``` ### Further usage examples @@ -91,25 +115,25 @@ freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy plot-dataframe -p BTC/ETH --indicators1 sma To plot multiple pairs, separate them with a space: ``` bash -freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy plot-dataframe -p BTC/ETH XRP/ETH +freqtrade plot-dataframe --strategy AwesomeStrategy -p BTC/ETH XRP/ETH ``` To plot a timerange (to zoom in) ``` bash -freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy plot-dataframe -p BTC/ETH --timerange=20180801-20180805 +freqtrade plot-dataframe --strategy AwesomeStrategy -p BTC/ETH --timerange=20180801-20180805 ``` To plot trades stored in a database use `--db-url` in combination with `--trade-source DB`: ``` bash -freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy plot-dataframe --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.dry_run.sqlite -p BTC/ETH --trade-source DB +freqtrade plot-dataframe --strategy AwesomeStrategy --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.dry_run.sqlite -p BTC/ETH --trade-source DB ``` To plot trades from a backtesting result, use `--export-filename ` ``` bash -freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy plot-dataframe --export-filename user_data/backtest_results/backtest-result.json -p BTC/ETH +freqtrade plot-dataframe --strategy AwesomeStrategy --export-filename user_data/backtest_results/backtest-result.json -p BTC/ETH ``` ## Plot profit @@ -133,10 +157,11 @@ The third graph can be useful to spot outliers, events in pairs that cause profi Possible options for the `freqtrade plot-profit` subcommand: ``` -usage: freqtrade plot-profit [-h] [-p PAIRS [PAIRS ...]] +usage: freqtrade plot-profit [-h] [-v] [--logfile FILE] [-V] [-c PATH] + [-d PATH] [--userdir PATH] [-p PAIRS [PAIRS ...]] [--timerange TIMERANGE] [--export EXPORT] [--export-filename PATH] [--db-url PATH] - [--trade-source {DB,file}] + [--trade-source {DB,file}] [-i TICKER_INTERVAL] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit @@ -159,6 +184,22 @@ optional arguments: --trade-source {DB,file} Specify the source for trades (Can be DB or file (backtest file)) Default: file + -i TICKER_INTERVAL, --ticker-interval TICKER_INTERVAL + Specify ticker interval (`1m`, `5m`, `30m`, `1h`, + `1d`). + +Common arguments: + -v, --verbose Verbose mode (-vv for more, -vvv to get all messages). + --logfile FILE Log to the file specified. + -V, --version show program's version number and exit + -c PATH, --config PATH + Specify configuration file (default: `config.json`). + Multiple --config options may be used. Can be set to + `-` to read config from stdin. + -d PATH, --datadir PATH + Path to directory with historical backtesting data. + --userdir PATH, --user-data-dir PATH + Path to userdata directory. ``` diff --git a/docs/rest-api.md b/docs/rest-api.md index afecc1d80..5295ebab4 100644 --- a/docs/rest-api.md +++ b/docs/rest-api.md @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ docker run -d \ -v ~/.freqtrade/user_data/:/freqtrade/user_data \ -v ~/.freqtrade/tradesv3.sqlite:/freqtrade/tradesv3.sqlite \ -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \ - freqtrade --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite --strategy MyAwesomeStrategy + freqtrade trade --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite --strategy MyAwesomeStrategy ``` !!! Danger "Security warning" diff --git a/docs/strategy-customization.md b/docs/strategy-customization.md index b927e5aad..bb7138759 100644 --- a/docs/strategy-customization.md +++ b/docs/strategy-customization.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Let assume you have a class called `AwesomeStrategy` in the file `awesome-strate 2. Start the bot with the param `--strategy AwesomeStrategy` (the parameter is the class name) ```bash -freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy +freqtrade trade --strategy AwesomeStrategy ``` ## Change your strategy @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The current version is 2 - which is also the default when it's not set explicitl Future versions will require this to be set. ```bash -freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy +freqtrade trade --strategy AwesomeStrategy ``` **For the following section we will use the [user_data/strategies/sample_strategy.py](https://github.com/freqtrade/freqtrade/blob/develop/user_data/strategies/sample_strategy.py) @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ The default buy strategy is located in the file If you want to use a strategy from a different directory you can pass `--strategy-path` ```bash -freqtrade --strategy AwesomeStrategy --strategy-path /some/directory +freqtrade trade --strategy AwesomeStrategy --strategy-path /some/directory ``` ### Further strategy ideas diff --git a/freqtrade.service b/freqtrade.service index 9de9f13c7..df220ed39 100644 --- a/freqtrade.service +++ b/freqtrade.service @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=network.target # Set WorkingDirectory and ExecStart to your file paths accordingly # NOTE: %h will be resolved to /home/ WorkingDirectory=%h/freqtrade -ExecStart=/usr/bin/freqtrade +ExecStart=/usr/bin/freqtrade trade Restart=on-failure [Install] diff --git a/freqtrade.service.watchdog b/freqtrade.service.watchdog index ba491fa53..66ea00d76 100644 --- a/freqtrade.service.watchdog +++ b/freqtrade.service.watchdog @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=network.target # Set WorkingDirectory and ExecStart to your file paths accordingly # NOTE: %h will be resolved to /home/ WorkingDirectory=%h/freqtrade -ExecStart=/usr/bin/freqtrade --sd-notify +ExecStart=/usr/bin/freqtrade trade --sd-notify Restart=always #Restart=on-failure