From 262f03bc928abed50ab8d26c8ab886a11fde8bf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias <xmatthias@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:25:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add backtest warning for market_direction feature

---
 docs/telegram-usage.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/telegram-usage.md b/docs/telegram-usage.md
index 653d31ee6..1b7502184 100644
--- a/docs/telegram-usage.md
+++ b/docs/telegram-usage.md
@@ -437,3 +437,7 @@ You can use the market direction in your strategy via `self.market_direction`.
 
 !!! Warning "Bot restarts"
     Please note that the market direction is not persisted, and will be reset after a bot restart/reload.
+
+!!! Danger "Backtesting"
+    As this value/variable is intended to be changed manually in dry/live trading.
+    Strategies using `market_direction` will probably not produce reliable, reproducible results (changes to this variable will not be reflected for backtesting). Use at your own risk.