minor: add OnlyProfitHyperOptLoss

freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt_loss_onlyprofit.py

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+"""
+OnlyProfitHyperOptLoss
+
+This module defines the alternative HyperOptLoss class which can be used for
+Hyperoptimization.
+"""
+from pandas import DataFrame
+
+from freqtrade.optimize.hyperopt import IHyperOptLoss
+
+
+# This is assumed to be expected avg profit * expected trade count.
+# For example, for 0.35% avg per trade (or 0.0035 as ratio) and 1100 trades,
+# expected max profit = 3.85
+# Check that the reported Σ% values do not exceed this!
+# Note, this is ratio. 3.85 stated above means 385Σ%.
+EXPECTED_MAX_PROFIT = 3.0
+
+
+class OnlyProfitHyperOptLoss(IHyperOptLoss):
+    """
+    Defines the loss function for hyperopt.
+
+    This implementation takes only profit into account.
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def hyperopt_loss_function(results: DataFrame, trade_count: int,
+                               *args, **kwargs) -> float:
+        """
+        Objective function, returns smaller number for better results.
+        """
+        total_profit = results.profit_percent.sum()
+        return max(0, 1 - total_profit / EXPECTED_MAX_PROFIT)