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+import logging
+from enum import Enum
+
+from gym import spaces
+
+from freqtrade.freqai.RL.BaseEnvironment import BaseEnvironment, Positions
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Actions(Enum):
+    Neutral = 0
+    Buy = 1
+    Sell = 2
+
+
+class Base3ActionRLEnv(BaseEnvironment):
+    """
+    Base class for a 3 action environment
+    """
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.actions = Actions
+
+    def set_action_space(self):
+        self.action_space = spaces.Discrete(len(Actions))
+
+    def step(self, action: int):
+        """
+        Logic for a single step (incrementing one candle in time)
+        by the agent
+        :param: action: int = the action type that the agent plans
+            to take for the current step.
+        :returns:
+            observation = current state of environment
+            step_reward = the reward from `calculate_reward()`
+            _done = if the agent "died" or if the candles finished
+            info = dict passed back to openai gym lib
+        """
+        self._done = False
+        self._current_tick += 1
+
+        if self._current_tick == self._end_tick:
+            self._done = True
+
+        self._update_unrealized_total_profit()
+        step_reward = self.calculate_reward(action)
+        self.total_reward += step_reward
+        self.tensorboard_log(self.actions._member_names_[action])
+
+        trade_type = None
+        if self.is_tradesignal(action):
+            if action == Actions.Buy.value:
+                if self._position == Positions.Short:
+                    self._update_total_profit()
+                self._position = Positions.Long
+                trade_type = "long"
+                self._last_trade_tick = self._current_tick
+            elif action == Actions.Sell.value and self.can_short:
+                if self._position == Positions.Long:
+                    self._update_total_profit()
+                self._position = Positions.Short
+                trade_type = "short"
+                self._last_trade_tick = self._current_tick
+            elif action == Actions.Sell.value and not self.can_short:
+                self._update_total_profit()
+                self._position = Positions.Neutral
+                trade_type = "neutral"
+                self._last_trade_tick = None
+            else:
+                print("case not defined")
+
+            if trade_type is not None:
+                self.trade_history.append(
+                    {'price': self.current_price(), 'index': self._current_tick,
+                     'type': trade_type})
+
+        if (self._total_profit < self.max_drawdown or
+                self._total_unrealized_profit < self.max_drawdown):
+            self._done = True
+
+        self._position_history.append(self._position)
+
+        info = dict(
+            tick=self._current_tick,
+            action=action,
+            total_reward=self.total_reward,
+            total_profit=self._total_profit,
+            position=self._position.value,
+            trade_duration=self.get_trade_duration(),
+            current_profit_pct=self.get_unrealized_profit()
+        )
+
+        observation = self._get_observation()
+
+        self._update_history(info)
+
+        return observation, step_reward, self._done, info
+
+    def is_tradesignal(self, action: int) -> bool:
+        """
+        Determine if the signal is a trade signal
+        e.g.: agent wants a Actions.Buy while it is in a Positions.short
+        """
+        return (
+            (action == Actions.Buy.value and self._position == Positions.Neutral)
+            or (action == Actions.Sell.value and self._position == Positions.Long)
+            or (action == Actions.Sell.value and self._position == Positions.Neutral
+                and self.can_short)
+            or (action == Actions.Buy.value and self._position == Positions.Short
+                and self.can_short)
+        )
+
+    def _is_valid(self, action: int) -> bool:
+        """
+        Determine if the signal is valid.
+        e.g.: agent wants a Actions.Sell while it is in a Positions.Long
+        """
+        if self.can_short:
+            return action in [Actions.Buy.value, Actions.Sell.value, Actions.Neutral.value]
+        else:
+            if action == Actions.Sell.value and self._position != Positions.Long:
+                return False
+            return True