diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/__init__.py b/freqtrade/enums/__init__.py
index e50ebc4a4..d2f5474fc 100644
--- a/freqtrade/enums/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from freqtrade.enums.backteststate import BacktestState
 from freqtrade.enums.candletype import CandleType
 from freqtrade.enums.exitchecktuple import ExitCheckTuple
 from freqtrade.enums.exittype import ExitType
+from freqtrade.enums.hyperoptstate import HyperoptState
 from freqtrade.enums.marginmode import MarginMode
 from freqtrade.enums.ordertypevalue import OrderTypeValues
 from freqtrade.enums.rpcmessagetype import RPCMessageType
diff --git a/freqtrade/enums/hyperoptstate.py b/freqtrade/enums/hyperoptstate.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..332b3354d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freqtrade/enums/hyperoptstate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from enum import Enum
+
+
+class HyperoptState(Enum):
+    """ Hyperopt states """
+    STARTUP = 1
+    DATALOAD = 2
+    INDICATORS = 3
+    OPTIMIZE = 0
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"{self.name.lower()}"
diff --git a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt_tools.py b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt_tools.py
index ab6ef013b..7f339eec1 100755
--- a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt_tools.py
+++ b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt_tools.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from colorama import Fore, Style
 from pandas import isna, json_normalize
 
 from freqtrade.constants import FTHYPT_FILEVERSION, USERPATH_STRATEGIES
+from freqtrade.enums import HyperoptState
 from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.misc import deep_merge_dicts, round_coin_value, round_dict, safe_value_fallback2
 from freqtrade.optimize.hyperopt_epoch_filters import hyperopt_filter_epochs
@@ -32,6 +33,20 @@ def hyperopt_serializer(x):
     return str(x)
 
 
+class HyperoptStateContainer():
+    """ Singleton class to track state of hyperopt"""
+    __state = HyperoptState.OPTIMIZE
+
+    @classmethod
+    def set_state(cls, value: HyperoptState):
+        cls.__state = value
+
+    @classmethod
+    @property
+    def state(cls) -> HyperoptState:
+        return cls.__state
+
+
 class HyperoptTools():
 
     @staticmethod