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# freqtrade
Simple High frequency trading bot for crypto currencies.
Currently supported exchanges: bittrex, poloniex (partly implemented)
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This software is for educational purposes only.
Don't risk money which you are afraid to lose.
The command interface is accessible via Telegram (not required).
Just register a new bot on https://telegram.me/BotFather
and enter the telegram `token` and your `chat_id` in `config.json`
Persistence is achieved through sqlite.
##### Telegram RPC commands:
* /start: Starts the trader
* /stop: Stops the trader
* /status: Lists all open trades
* /profit: Lists cumulative profit from all finished trades
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* /cancel: cancels open order for given trade (currently disabled)
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##### Config
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`minimal_roi` is a JSON object where the key is a duration
in minutes and the value is the minimum ROI in percent.
See the example below:
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```
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"minimal_roi": {
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"2880": 0.005, # Sell after 48 hours if there is at least 0.5% profit
"1440": 0.01, # Sell after 24 hours if there is at least 1% profit
"720": 0.02, # Sell after 12 hours if there is at least 2% profit
"360": 0.02, # Sell after 6 hours if there is at least 2% profit
"0": 0.025 # Sell immediatly if there is at least 2.5% profit
},
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```
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The other values should be self-explanatory,
if not feel free to raise a github issue.
##### Prerequisites
* python3
* sqlite
##### Install
```
$ cd freqtrade/
# copy example config. Dont forget to insert your api keys
$ cp config.json.example config.json
$ python -m venv .env
$ source .env/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ ./main.py
```