diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py b/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py
index 34755932c..4e114a6d8 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py
@@ -112,9 +112,35 @@ def start_new_hyperopt(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         raise OperationalException("`new-hyperopt` requires --hyperopt to be set.")
 
 
+def deploy_new_config(config_path: Path, selections: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    """
+    Applies selections to the template and writes the result to config_path
+    :param config_path: Path object for new config file. Should not exist yet
+    :param selecions: Dict containing selections taken by the user.
+    """
+    config_text = render_template(templatefile='base_config.json.j2',
+                                  arguments=selections)
+
+    config_path.write_text(config_text)
+
+
 def start_new_config(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     """
     Create a new strategy from a template
     Asking the user questions to fill out the templateaccordingly.
     """
-    pass
+    sample_selections = {
+        'stake_currency': 'USDT',
+        'stake_amount': 100,
+        'fiat_display_currency': 'EUR',
+        'ticker_interval': '15m',
+        'dry_run': True,
+        'exchange': 'binance',
+        'exchange_key': 'sampleKey',
+        'exchange_secret': 'Samplesecret',
+        'telegram': True,
+        'telegram_token': 'asdf1244',
+        'telegram_chat_id': '1144444',
+    }
+    config_path = Path(args['config'][0])
+    deploy_new_config(config_path, sample_selections)
diff --git a/freqtrade/templates/base_config.json.j2 b/freqtrade/templates/base_config.json.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad8a762ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freqtrade/templates/base_config.json.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{
+    "max_open_trades": 3,
+    "stake_currency": "{{ stake_currency }}",
+    "stake_amount": {{ stake_amount }},
+    "tradable_balance_ratio": 0.99,
+    "fiat_display_currency": "{{ fiat_display_currency }}",
+    "ticker_interval": "{{ ticker_interval }}",
+    "dry_run": {{ dry_run | lower }},
+    "unfilledtimeout": {
+        "buy": 10,
+        "sell": 30
+    },
+    "bid_strategy": {
+        "ask_last_balance": 0.0,
+        "use_order_book": false,
+        "order_book_top": 1,
+        "check_depth_of_market": {
+            "enabled": false,
+            "bids_to_ask_delta": 1
+        }
+    },
+    "ask_strategy":{
+        "use_order_book": false,
+        "order_book_min": 1,
+        "order_book_max": 9,
+        "use_sell_signal": true,
+        "sell_profit_only": false,
+        "ignore_roi_if_buy_signal": false
+    },
+    "exchange": {
+        "name": "bittrex",
+        "key": "your_exchange_key",
+        "secret": "your_exchange_secret",
+        "ccxt_config": {"enableRateLimit": true},
+        "ccxt_async_config": {
+            "enableRateLimit": true,
+            "rateLimit": 500
+        },
+        "pair_whitelist": [
+            "ETH/BTC",
+            "LTC/BTC",
+            "ETC/BTC",
+            "DASH/BTC",
+            "ZEC/BTC",
+            "XLM/BTC",
+            "NXT/BTC",
+            "TRX/BTC",
+            "ADA/BTC",
+            "XMR/BTC"
+        ],
+        "pair_blacklist": [
+            "DOGE/BTC"
+        ]
+    },
+    "pairlists": [
+        {"method": "StaticPairList"}
+    ],
+    "edge": {
+        "enabled": false,
+        "process_throttle_secs": 3600,
+        "calculate_since_number_of_days": 7,
+        "allowed_risk": 0.01,
+        "stoploss_range_min": -0.01,
+        "stoploss_range_max": -0.1,
+        "stoploss_range_step": -0.01,
+        "minimum_winrate": 0.60,
+        "minimum_expectancy": 0.20,
+        "min_trade_number": 10,
+        "max_trade_duration_minute": 1440,
+        "remove_pumps": false
+    },
+    "telegram": {
+        "enabled": {{ telegram | lower }},
+        "token": "{{ telegram_token }}",
+        "chat_id": "{{ telegram_chat_id }}"
+    },
+    "initial_state": "running",
+    "forcebuy_enable": false,
+    "internals": {
+        "process_throttle_secs": 5
+    }
+}