stable/docs/trade-object.md

# Trade Object

## Trade

A position freqtrade enters is stored in a Trade object - which is persisted to the database.
It's a core concept of Freqtrade - and something you'll come across in many sections of the documentation, which will most likely point you to this location.

It will be passed to the strategy in many [strategy callbacks](strategy-callbacks.md). The object passed to the strategy cannot be modified.

## Available attributes

The following attributes / properties are available for each individual trade - and can be used with `trade.<property>` (e.g. `trade.pair`).

|  Attribute | DataType | Description |
|------------|-------------|-------------|
| `pair`| string | Pair of this trade
| `is_open`| boolean | Is the trade currently open, or has it been concluded
| `open_rate`| float | Rate this trade was entered at (Avg. entry rate in case of trade-adjustments)
| `close_rate`| float | Close rate - only set when is_open = False
| `stake_amount`| float | Amount in Stake (or Quote) currency.
| `amount`| float | Amount in Asset / Base currency that is currently owned.
| `open_date`| datetime | Timestamp when trade was opened **use `open_date_utc` instead**
| `open_date_utc`| datetime | Timestamp when trade was opened - in UTC
| `close_date`| datetime | Timestamp when trade was closed **use `close_date_utc` instead**
| `close_date_utc`| datetime | Timestamp when trade was closed - in UTC
| `close_profit`| float | Relative profit at the time of trade closure. `0.01` == 1%
| `close_profit_abs`| float | Absolute profit (in stake currency) at the time of trade closure.
| `leverage` | float | Leverage used for this trade - defaults to 1.0 in spot markets.
| `enter_tag`| string | Tag provided on entry via the `enter_tag` column in the dataframe
| `is_short` | boolean | True for short trades, False otherwise
| `orders` | Order[] | List of order objects attached to this trade.
| `date_last_filled_utc` | datetime | Time of the last filled order
| `entry_side` | "buy" / "sell" | Order Side the trade was entered
| `exit_side` | "buy" / "sell" | Order Side that will result in a trade exit / position reduction.
| `trade_direction` | "long" / "short" | Trade direction in text - long or short.
| `nr_of_successful_entries` | int | Number of successful (filled) entry orders
| `nr_of_successful_exits` | int | Number of successful (filled) exit orders

## Class methods

The following are class methods - which return generic information, and usually result in an explicit query against the database.
They can be used as `Trade.<method>` - e.g. `open_trades = Trade.get_open_trade_count()`

!!! Warning "Backtesting/hyperopt"
    Most methods will work in both backtesting / hyperopt and live/dry modes.
    During backtesting, it's limited to usage in [strategy callbacks](strategy-callbacks.md). Usage in `populate_*()` methods is not supported and will result in wrong results.

### get_trades_proxy

When your strategy needs some information on existing (open or close) trades - it's best to use `Trade.get_trades_proxy()`.

Usage:

``` python
from freqtrade.persistence import Trade
from datetime import timedelta

# ...
trade_hist = Trade.get_trades_proxy(pair='ETH/USDT', is_open=False, open_date=current_date - timedelta(days=2))

```

`get_trades_proxy()` supports the following keyword arguments. All arguments are optional - calling `get_trades_proxy()` without arguments will return a list of all trades in the database.

* `pair` e.g. `pair='ETH/USDT'`
* `is_open` e.g. `is_open=False`
* `open_date` e.g. `open_date=current_date - timedelta(days=2)`
* `close_date` e.g. `close_date=current_date - timedelta(days=5)`

### get_open_trade_count

Get the number of currently open trades

``` python
from freqtrade.persistence import Trade
# ...
open_trades = Trade.get_open_trade_count()
```

### get_total_closed_profit

Retrieve the total profit the bot has generated so far.
Aggregates `close_profit_abs` for all closed trades.

``` python
from freqtrade.persistence import Trade

# ...
profit = Trade.get_total_closed_profit()
```

### total_open_trades_stakes

Retrieve the total stake_amount that's currently in trades.

``` python
from freqtrade.persistence import Trade

# ...
profit = Trade.total_open_trades_stakes()
```

### get_overall_performance

Retrieve the overall performance - similar to the `/performance` telegram command.

``` python
from freqtrade.persistence import Trade

# ...
if self.config['runmode'].value in ('live', 'dry_run'):
    performance = Trade.get_overall_performance()
```

Sample return value: ETH/BTC had 5 trades, with a total profit of 1.5% (ratio of 0.015).

``` json
{"pair": "ETH/BTC", "profit": 0.015, "count": 5}
```

## Order Object

An `Order` object represents an order on the exchange (or a simulated order in dry-run mode).
An `Order` object will always be tied to it's corresponding [`Trade`](#trade-object), and only really makes sense in the context of a trade.

## Available information

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|  Attribute | DataType | Description |
|------------|-------------|-------------|
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