diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 015c0a8d9..b8c4c3846 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ target/
 !config_examples/config_full.example.json
 !config_examples/config_kraken.example.json
 !config_examples/config_freqai.example.json
+!config_examples/config_leader.example.json
+!config_examples/config_follower.example.json
 
 *-config.json
 *.db*
diff --git a/config_examples/config_follower.example.json b/config_examples/config_follower.example.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5317c8df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_examples/config_follower.example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+
+{
+    "db_url": "sqlite:///follower.db",
+    "strategy": "SampleStrategy",
+    "max_open_trades": 3,
+    "stake_currency": "USDT",
+    "stake_amount": 100,
+    "tradable_balance_ratio": 0.99,
+    "fiat_display_currency": "USD",
+    "dry_run": true,
+    "cancel_open_orders_on_exit": false,
+    "trading_mode": "spot",
+    "margin_mode": "",
+    "unfilledtimeout": {
+        "entry": 10,
+        "exit": 10,
+        "exit_timeout_count": 0,
+        "unit": "minutes"
+    },
+    "entry_pricing": {
+        "price_side": "same",
+        "use_order_book": true,
+        "order_book_top": 1,
+        "price_last_balance": 0.0,
+        "check_depth_of_market": {
+            "enabled": false,
+            "bids_to_ask_delta": 1
+        }
+    },
+    "exit_pricing":{
+        "price_side": "same",
+        "use_order_book": true,
+        "order_book_top": 1
+    },
+    "exchange": {
+        "name": "kucoin",
+        "key": "",
+        "secret": "",
+        "password": "",
+        "ccxt_config": {},
+        "ccxt_async_config": {},
+        "pair_whitelist": [
+        ],
+        "pair_blacklist": [
+        ]
+    },
+    "pairlists": [
+        {
+            "method": "ExternalPairList",
+            "number_assets": 5,
+        }
+    ],
+    "telegram": {
+        "enabled": false,
+        "token": "",
+        "chat_id": ""
+    },
+    "api_server": {
+        "enabled": true,
+        "listen_ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
+        "listen_port": 8081,
+        "verbosity": "error",
+        "enable_openapi": false,
+        "jwt_secret_key": "fcc24d31d6581ad2c90c3fc438c8a8b2ccce1393126959934568707f0bd2d647",
+        "CORS_origins": [],
+        "username": "freqtrader",
+        "password": "testing123"
+    },
+    "external_signal": {
+        "enabled": true,
+        "mode": "follower",
+        "leaders": [
+          {
+            "url": "ws://localhost:8080/signals/ws",
+            "api_token": "testtoken"
+          }
+        ]
+    },
+    "bot_name": "freqtrade",
+    "initial_state": "running",
+    "force_entry_enable": false,
+    "internals": {
+        "process_throttle_secs": 5,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/config_examples/config_leader.example.json b/config_examples/config_leader.example.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5103fdbd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_examples/config_leader.example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+
+{
+    "db_url": "sqlite:///leader.db",
+    "strategy": "SampleStrategy",
+    "max_open_trades": 3,
+    "stake_currency": "USDT",
+    "stake_amount": 100,
+    "tradable_balance_ratio": 0.99,
+    "fiat_display_currency": "USD",
+    "dry_run": true,
+    "cancel_open_orders_on_exit": false,
+    "trading_mode": "spot",
+    "margin_mode": "",
+    "unfilledtimeout": {
+        "entry": 10,
+        "exit": 10,
+        "exit_timeout_count": 0,
+        "unit": "minutes"
+    },
+    "entry_pricing": {
+        "price_side": "same",
+        "use_order_book": true,
+        "order_book_top": 1,
+        "price_last_balance": 0.0,
+        "check_depth_of_market": {
+            "enabled": false,
+            "bids_to_ask_delta": 1
+        }
+    },
+    "exit_pricing":{
+        "price_side": "same",
+        "use_order_book": true,
+        "order_book_top": 1
+    },
+    "exchange": {
+        "name": "kucoin",
+        "key": "",
+        "secret": "",
+        "password": "",
+        "ccxt_config": {},
+        "ccxt_async_config": {},
+        "pair_whitelist": [
+        ],
+        "pair_blacklist": [
+        ]
+    },
+    "pairlists": [
+        {
+            "method": "VolumePairList",
+            "number_assets": 20,
+            "sort_key": "quoteVolume",
+            "min_value": 0,
+            "refresh_period": 1800
+        }
+    ],
+    "edge": {
+        "enabled": false,
+        "process_throttle_secs": 3600,
+        "calculate_since_number_of_days": 7,
+        "allowed_risk": 0.01,
+        "stoploss_range_min": -0.01,
+        "stoploss_range_max": -0.1,
+        "stoploss_range_step": -0.01,
+        "minimum_winrate": 0.60,
+        "minimum_expectancy": 0.20,
+        "min_trade_number": 10,
+        "max_trade_duration_minute": 1440,
+        "remove_pumps": false
+    },
+    "telegram": {
+        "enabled": false,
+        "token": "",
+        "chat_id": ""
+    },
+    "api_server": {
+        "enabled": true,
+        "listen_ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
+        "listen_port": 8080,
+        "verbosity": "error",
+        "enable_openapi": false,
+        "jwt_secret_key": "fcc24d31d6581ad2c90c3fc438c8a8b2ccce1393126959934568707f0bd2d647",
+        "CORS_origins": [],
+        "username": "freqtrader",
+        "password": "testing123"
+    },
+    "external_signal": {
+        "enabled": true,
+        "mode": "leader",
+        "api_token": "testtoken",
+    },
+    "bot_name": "freqtrade",
+    "initial_state": "running",
+    "force_entry_enable": false,
+    "internals": {
+        "process_throttle_secs": 5,
+    }
+}