fail if known bad exchanges are detcted

docs/configuration.md

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Mandatory Parameters are marked as **Required**.
 | `experimental.use_sell_signal` | false | Use your sell strategy in addition of the `minimal_roi`. [Strategy Override](#parameters-in-the-strategy).
 | `experimental.sell_profit_only` | false | Waits until you have made a positive profit before taking a sell decision. [Strategy Override](#parameters-in-the-strategy).
 | `experimental.ignore_roi_if_buy_signal` | false | Does not sell if the buy-signal is still active. Takes preference over `minimal_roi` and `use_sell_signal`. [Strategy Override](#parameters-in-the-strategy).
+| `experimental.block_bad_exchanges` | true | Block exchanges known to not work with freqtrade. Leave on default unless you want to test if that exchange works now.
 | `pairlist.method` | StaticPairList | Use static or dynamic volume-based pairlist. [More information below](#dynamic-pairlists).
 | `pairlist.config` | None | Additional configuration for dynamic pairlists. [More information below](#dynamic-pairlists).
 | `telegram.enabled` | true | **Required.** Enable or not the usage of Telegram.

freqtrade/configuration/check_exchange.py

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import logging
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
 from freqtrade import OperationalException
-from freqtrade.exchange import (is_exchange_bad, is_exchange_available,
+from freqtrade.exchange import (available_exchanges, get_exchange_bad_reason,
-                                is_exchange_officially_supported, available_exchanges)
+                                is_exchange_available, is_exchange_bad,
-
+                                is_exchange_officially_supported)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ def check_exchange(config: Dict[str, Any], check_for_bad: bool = True) -> bool:
         )
 
     if check_for_bad and is_exchange_bad(exchange):
-        logger.warning(f'Exchange "{exchange}" is known to not work with the bot yet. '
+        raise OperationalException(f'Exchange "{exchange}" is known to not work with the bot yet. '
-                       f'Use it only for development and testing purposes.')
+                                   f'Reason: {get_exchange_bad_reason(exchange)}')
-        return False
 
     if is_exchange_officially_supported(exchange):
         logger.info(f'Exchange "{exchange}" is officially supported '

freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class Configuration(object):
             config['internals'].update({'sd_notify': True})
 
         # Check if the exchange set by the user is supported
-        check_exchange(config)
+        check_exchange(config, config.get('experimental', {}).get('block_bad_exchanges', True))
 
     def _process_datadir_options(self, config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         """

freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 API_RETRY_COUNT = 4
 BAD_EXCHANGES = {
     "bitmex": "Various reasons",
-    "bitstamp": "Does not provide history. Details in https://github.com/freqtrade/freqtrade/issues/1983",
+    "bitstamp": "Does not provide history. "
+                "Details in https://github.com/freqtrade/freqtrade/issues/1983",
     }
 
 
@@ -763,7 +764,7 @@ def is_exchange_bad(exchange: str) -> bool:
 
 
 def get_exchange_bad_reason(exchange: str) -> str:
-    return BAD_EXCHANGES.get(exchange)
+    return BAD_EXCHANGES.get(exchange, "")
 
 
 def is_exchange_available(exchange: str, ccxt_module=None) -> bool:

freqtrade/tests/test_configuration.py

@@ -499,9 +499,9 @@ def test_check_exchange(default_conf, caplog) -> None:
 
     # Test a 'bad' exchange, which known to have serious problems
     default_conf.get('exchange').update({'name': 'bitmex'})
-    assert not check_exchange(default_conf)
+    with pytest.raises(OperationalException,
-    assert log_has_re(r"Exchange .* is known to not work with the bot yet\. "
+                       match=r"Exchange .* is known to not work with the bot yet.*"):
-                      r"Use it only for development and testing purposes\.", caplog)
+        check_exchange(default_conf)
     caplog.clear()
 
     # Test a 'bad' exchange with check_for_bad=False