A lot of new users get confused over the process_only_new_candles config, especially on what it actually does. What it does actually very simple. When being set to true, it will make populate functions (indicators, entry and exit trends) to be…
Let’s use a very simple example. You have 1000 USDT. You have 4 bots. You want them to have 250 USDT each. You set the tradable_balance_ratio to 0.25. For simplicity sake, let’s say the bots only have 1 trade slot…
At minimum, you need to have basic knowledge of python and pandas. Having good programming logic would really helps in the journey. When I started on my freqtrade journey, I didn’t know python, pandas, and linux. I studied them along…
People tends to associate addictions with physical objects, like food, cigarette, alcohol, or drug. Some people would disagree if you associate addicitions with non-physical things, like games, power, or trading How can you be addicted to things that don’t put…
I will explain the trap using example. Let’s see the following chart. Assuming the strategy will only exit on profit, if you backtest on full timerange, you will get 1 trade only, and that trade is force exited. Now let’s…
After you decide the approach of your strategy (read Triangle of Trading post), the next thing you must do is pick the right coin(s) to be traded. This is important because all coins aren’t behaving the same way. I will…
There are three objectives that you need to apply to your trading strategy, which are win rate, average profit percentage, and trade count. Take a look at the image below. You need to pick at which point do you want…
Following on my previous post about greed in algo trading, some of you might wonder what is a good realistic target then. I will share my own algo trading approach. Be aware that none of them are based of any…
While the ideal scenario is to use one wallet per bot, it’s not that easy to have multiple wallets in one exchange account. Some exchanges might give you free access to sub-accounts (for example bybit and kucoin) so you can…
A common “issue” faced by new users is ignored entry or exit signals. There was no trade being opened or closed lately, but when they checked frequi, they would see entry or exit signals few candles ago. They would then…