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@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@ usage: freqtrade backtesting [-h] [-v] [--logfile FILE] [-V] [-c PATH]
[--data-format-ohlcv {json,jsongz,hdf5}]
[--max-open-trades INT]
[--stake-amount STAKE_AMOUNT] [--fee FLOAT]
[--eps] [--dmmp] [--enable-protections]
[-p PAIRS [PAIRS ...]] [--eps] [--dmmp]
[--enable-protections]
[--dry-run-wallet DRY_RUN_WALLET]
[--timeframe-detail TIMEFRAME_DETAIL]
[--strategy-list STRATEGY_LIST [STRATEGY_LIST ...]]
[--export EXPORT] [--export-filename PATH]
[--export {none,trades}] [--export-filename PATH]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i TIMEFRAME, --timeframe TIMEFRAME, --ticker-interval TIMEFRAME
Specify ticker interval (`1m`, `5m`, `30m`, `1h`,
`1d`).
Specify timeframe (`1m`, `5m`, `30m`, `1h`, `1d`).
--timerange TIMERANGE
Specify what timerange of data to use.
--data-format-ohlcv {json,jsongz,hdf5}
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ optional arguments:
setting.
--fee FLOAT Specify fee ratio. Will be applied twice (on trade
entry and exit).
-p PAIRS [PAIRS ...], --pairs PAIRS [PAIRS ...]
Limit command to these pairs. Pairs are space-
separated.
--eps, --enable-position-stacking
Allow buying the same pair multiple times (position
stacking).
@@ -52,6 +56,9 @@ optional arguments:
--dry-run-wallet DRY_RUN_WALLET, --starting-balance DRY_RUN_WALLET
Starting balance, used for backtesting / hyperopt and
dry-runs.
--timeframe-detail TIMEFRAME_DETAIL
Specify detail timeframe for backtesting (`1m`, `5m`,
`30m`, `1h`, `1d`).
--strategy-list STRATEGY_LIST [STRATEGY_LIST ...]
Provide a space-separated list of strategies to
backtest. Please note that ticker-interval needs to be
@@ -59,9 +66,9 @@ optional arguments:
this together with `--export trades`, the strategy-
name is injected into the filename (so `backtest-
data.json` becomes `backtest-data-
DefaultStrategy.json`
--export EXPORT Export backtest results, argument are: trades.
Example: `--export=trades`
SampleStrategy.json`
--export {none,trades}
Export backtest results (default: trades).
--export-filename PATH
Save backtest results to the file with this filename.
Requires `--export` to be set as well. Example:
@@ -98,7 +105,7 @@ Strategy arguments:
Now you have good Buy and Sell strategies and some historic data, you want to test it against
real data. This is what we call [backtesting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backtesting).
Backtesting will use the crypto-currencies (pairs) from your config file and load historical candle (OHCLV) data from `user_data/data/<exchange>` by default.
Backtesting will use the crypto-currencies (pairs) from your config file and load historical candle (OHLCV) data from `user_data/data/<exchange>` by default.
If no data is available for the exchange / pair / timeframe combination, backtesting will ask you to download them first using `freqtrade download-data`.
For details on downloading, please refer to the [Data Downloading](data-download.md) section in the documentation.
@@ -108,11 +115,16 @@ All profit calculations include fees, and freqtrade will use the exchange's defa
!!! Warning "Using dynamic pairlists for backtesting"
Using dynamic pairlists is possible, however it relies on the current market conditions - which will not reflect the historic status of the pairlist.
Also, when using pairlists other than StaticPairlist, reproducability of backtesting-results cannot be guaranteed.
Also, when using pairlists other than StaticPairlist, reproducibility of backtesting-results cannot be guaranteed.
Please read the [pairlists documentation](plugins.md#pairlists) for more information.
To achieve reproducible results, best generate a pairlist via the [`test-pairlist`](utils.md#test-pairlist) command and use that as static pairlist.
!!! Note
By default, Freqtrade will export backtesting results to `user_data/backtest_results`.
The exported trades can be used for [further analysis](#further-backtest-result-analysis) or can be used by the [plotting sub-command](plotting.md#plot-price-and-indicators) (`freqtrade plot-dataframe`) in the scripts directory.
### Starting balance
Backtesting will require a starting balance, which can be provided as `--dry-run-wallet <balance>` or `--starting-balance <balance>` command line argument, or via `dry_run_wallet` configuration setting.
@@ -172,13 +184,13 @@ Where `SampleStrategy1` and `AwesomeStrategy` refer to class names of strategies
---
Exporting trades to file
Prevent exporting trades to file
```bash
freqtrade backtesting --strategy backtesting --export trades --config config.json
freqtrade backtesting --strategy backtesting --export none --config config.json
```
The exported trades can be used for [further analysis](#further-backtest-result-analysis), or can be used by the plotting script `plot_dataframe.py` in the scripts directory.
Only use this if you're sure you'll not want to plot or analyze your results further.
---
@@ -235,29 +247,29 @@ The most important in the backtesting is to understand the result.
A backtesting result will look like that:
```
========================================================= BACKTESTING REPORT ========================================================
| Pair | Buys | Avg Profit % | Cum Profit % | Tot Profit BTC | Tot Profit % | Avg Duration | Wins | Draws | Losses |
|:---------|-------:|---------------:|---------------:|-----------------:|---------------:|:---------------|------:|-------:|--------:|
| ADA/BTC | 35 | -0.11 | -3.88 | -0.00019428 | -1.94 | 4:35:00 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| ARK/BTC | 11 | -0.41 | -4.52 | -0.00022647 | -2.26 | 2:03:00 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| BTS/BTC | 32 | 0.31 | 9.78 | 0.00048938 | 4.89 | 5:05:00 | 18 | 0 | 14 |
| DASH/BTC | 13 | -0.08 | -1.07 | -0.00005343 | -0.53 | 4:39:00 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| ENG/BTC | 18 | 1.36 | 24.54 | 0.00122807 | 12.27 | 2:50:00 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| EOS/BTC | 36 | 0.08 | 3.06 | 0.00015304 | 1.53 | 3:34:00 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| ETC/BTC | 26 | 0.37 | 9.51 | 0.00047576 | 4.75 | 6:14:00 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| ETH/BTC | 33 | 0.30 | 9.96 | 0.00049856 | 4.98 | 7:31:00 | 16 | 0 | 17 |
| IOTA/BTC | 32 | 0.03 | 1.09 | 0.00005444 | 0.54 | 3:12:00 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| LSK/BTC | 15 | 1.75 | 26.26 | 0.00131413 | 13.13 | 2:58:00 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| LTC/BTC | 32 | -0.04 | -1.38 | -0.00006886 | -0.69 | 4:49:00 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| NANO/BTC | 17 | 1.26 | 21.39 | 0.00107058 | 10.70 | 1:55:00 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| NEO/BTC | 23 | 0.82 | 18.97 | 0.00094936 | 9.48 | 2:59:00 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| REQ/BTC | 9 | 1.17 | 10.54 | 0.00052734 | 5.27 | 3:47:00 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| XLM/BTC | 16 | 1.22 | 19.54 | 0.00097800 | 9.77 | 3:15:00 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| XMR/BTC | 23 | -0.18 | -4.13 | -0.00020696 | -2.07 | 5:30:00 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
| XRP/BTC | 35 | 0.66 | 22.96 | 0.00114897 | 11.48 | 3:49:00 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| ZEC/BTC | 22 | -0.46 | -10.18 | -0.00050971 | -5.09 | 2:22:00 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| TOTAL | 429 | 0.36 | 152.41 | 0.00762792 | 76.20 | 4:12:00 | 186 | 0 | 243 |
========================================================= SELL REASON STATS =========================================================
========================================================= BACKTESTING REPORT ==========================================================
| Pair | Buys | Avg Profit % | Cum Profit % | Tot Profit BTC | Tot Profit % | Avg Duration | Wins Draws Loss Win% |
|:---------|-------:|---------------:|---------------:|-----------------:|---------------:|:-------------|-------------------------:|
| ADA/BTC | 35 | -0.11 | -3.88 | -0.00019428 | -1.94 | 4:35:00 | 14 0 21 40.0 |
| ARK/BTC | 11 | -0.41 | -4.52 | -0.00022647 | -2.26 | 2:03:00 | 3 0 8 27.3 |
| BTS/BTC | 32 | 0.31 | 9.78 | 0.00048938 | 4.89 | 5:05:00 | 18 0 14 56.2 |
| DASH/BTC | 13 | -0.08 | -1.07 | -0.00005343 | -0.53 | 4:39:00 | 6 0 7 46.2 |
| ENG/BTC | 18 | 1.36 | 24.54 | 0.00122807 | 12.27 | 2:50:00 | 8 0 10 44.4 |
| EOS/BTC | 36 | 0.08 | 3.06 | 0.00015304 | 1.53 | 3:34:00 | 16 0 20 44.4 |
| ETC/BTC | 26 | 0.37 | 9.51 | 0.00047576 | 4.75 | 6:14:00 | 11 0 15 42.3 |
| ETH/BTC | 33 | 0.30 | 9.96 | 0.00049856 | 4.98 | 7:31:00 | 16 0 17 48.5 |
| IOTA/BTC | 32 | 0.03 | 1.09 | 0.00005444 | 0.54 | 3:12:00 | 14 0 18 43.8 |
| LSK/BTC | 15 | 1.75 | 26.26 | 0.00131413 | 13.13 | 2:58:00 | 6 0 9 40.0 |
| LTC/BTC | 32 | -0.04 | -1.38 | -0.00006886 | -0.69 | 4:49:00 | 11 0 21 34.4 |
| NANO/BTC | 17 | 1.26 | 21.39 | 0.00107058 | 10.70 | 1:55:00 | 10 0 7 58.5 |
| NEO/BTC | 23 | 0.82 | 18.97 | 0.00094936 | 9.48 | 2:59:00 | 10 0 13 43.5 |
| REQ/BTC | 9 | 1.17 | 10.54 | 0.00052734 | 5.27 | 3:47:00 | 4 0 5 44.4 |
| XLM/BTC | 16 | 1.22 | 19.54 | 0.00097800 | 9.77 | 3:15:00 | 7 0 9 43.8 |
| XMR/BTC | 23 | -0.18 | -4.13 | -0.00020696 | -2.07 | 5:30:00 | 12 0 11 52.2 |
| XRP/BTC | 35 | 0.66 | 22.96 | 0.00114897 | 11.48 | 3:49:00 | 12 0 23 34.3 |
| ZEC/BTC | 22 | -0.46 | -10.18 | -0.00050971 | -5.09 | 2:22:00 | 7 0 15 31.8 |
| TOTAL | 429 | 0.36 | 152.41 | 0.00762792 | 76.20 | 4:12:00 | 186 0 243 43.4 |
========================================================= SELL REASON STATS ==========================================================
| Sell Reason | Sells | Wins | Draws | Losses |
|:-------------------|--------:|------:|-------:|--------:|
| trailing_stop_loss | 205 | 150 | 0 | 55 |
@@ -265,11 +277,11 @@ A backtesting result will look like that:
| sell_signal | 56 | 36 | 0 | 20 |
| force_sell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
====================================================== LEFT OPEN TRADES REPORT ======================================================
| Pair | Buys | Avg Profit % | Cum Profit % | Tot Profit BTC | Tot Profit % | Avg Duration | Wins | Draws | Losses |
|:---------|-------:|---------------:|---------------:|-----------------:|---------------:|:---------------|------:|-------:|--------:|
| ADA/BTC | 1 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.00004434 | 0.44 | 6:00:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LTC/BTC | 1 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.00003421 | 0.34 | 2:00:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 2 | 0.78 | 1.57 | 0.00007855 | 0.78 | 4:00:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pair | Buys | Avg Profit % | Cum Profit % | Tot Profit BTC | Tot Profit % | Avg Duration | Win Draw Loss Win% |
|:---------|-------:|---------------:|---------------:|-----------------:|---------------:|:---------------|--------------------:|
| ADA/BTC | 1 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.00004434 | 0.44 | 6:00:00 | 1 0 0 100 |
| LTC/BTC | 1 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.00003421 | 0.34 | 2:00:00 | 1 0 0 100 |
| TOTAL | 2 | 0.78 | 1.57 | 0.00007855 | 0.78 | 4:00:00 | 2 0 0 100 |
=============== SUMMARY METRICS ===============
| Metric | Value |
|-----------------------+---------------------|
@@ -277,7 +289,7 @@ A backtesting result will look like that:
| Backtesting to | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 |
| Max open trades | 3 |
| | |
| Total trades | 429 |
| Total/Daily Avg Trades| 429 / 3.575 |
| Starting balance | 0.01000000 BTC |
| Final balance | 0.01762792 BTC |
| Absolute profit | 0.00762792 BTC |
@@ -295,6 +307,7 @@ A backtesting result will look like that:
| Days win/draw/lose | 12 / 82 / 25 |
| Avg. Duration Winners | 4:23:00 |
| Avg. Duration Loser | 6:55:00 |
| Rejected Buy signals | 3089 |
| | |
| Min balance | 0.00945123 BTC |
| Max balance | 0.01846651 BTC |
@@ -316,7 +329,7 @@ The last line will give you the overall performance of your strategy,
here:
```
| TOTAL | 429 | 0.36 | 152.41 | 0.00762792 | 76.20 | 4:12:00 | 186 | 243 |
| TOTAL | 429 | 0.36 | 152.41 | 0.00762792 | 76.20 | 4:12:00 | 186 0 243 43.4 |
```
The bot has made `429` trades for an average duration of `4:12:00`, with a performance of `76.20%` (profit), that means it has
@@ -364,12 +377,11 @@ It contains some useful key metrics about performance of your strategy on backte
| Backtesting to | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 |
| Max open trades | 3 |
| | |
| Total trades | 429 |
| Total/Daily Avg Trades| 429 / 3.575 |
| Starting balance | 0.01000000 BTC |
| Final balance | 0.01762792 BTC |
| Absolute profit | 0.00762792 BTC |
| Total profit % | 76.2% |
| Trades per day | 3.575 |
| Avg. stake amount | 0.001 BTC |
| Total trade volume | 0.429 BTC |
| | |
@@ -382,6 +394,7 @@ It contains some useful key metrics about performance of your strategy on backte
| Days win/draw/lose | 12 / 82 / 25 |
| Avg. Duration Winners | 4:23:00 |
| Avg. Duration Loser | 6:55:00 |
| Rejected Buy signals | 3089 |
| | |
| Min balance | 0.00945123 BTC |
| Max balance | 0.01846651 BTC |
@@ -398,12 +411,11 @@ It contains some useful key metrics about performance of your strategy on backte
- `Backtesting from` / `Backtesting to`: Backtesting range (usually defined with the `--timerange` option).
- `Max open trades`: Setting of `max_open_trades` (or `--max-open-trades`) - or number of pairs in the pairlist (whatever is lower).
- `Total trades`: Identical to the total trades of the backtest output table.
- `Total/Daily Avg Trades`: Identical to the total trades of the backtest output table / Total trades divided by the backtesting duration in days (this will give you information about how many trades to expect from the strategy).
- `Starting balance`: Start balance - as given by dry-run-wallet (config or command line).
- `Final balance`: Final balance - starting balance + absolute profit.
- `Absolute profit`: Profit made in stake currency.
- `Total profit %`: Total profit. Aligned to the `TOTAL` row's `Tot Profit %` from the first table. Calculated as `(End capital − Starting capital) / Starting capital`.
- `Trades per day`: Total trades divided by the backtesting duration in days (this will give you information about how many trades to expect from the strategy).
- `Avg. stake amount`: Average stake amount, either `stake_amount` or the average when using dynamic stake amount.
- `Total trade volume`: Volume generated on the exchange to reach the above profit.
- `Best Pair` / `Worst Pair`: Best and worst performing pair, and it's corresponding `Cum Profit %`.
@@ -411,17 +423,24 @@ It contains some useful key metrics about performance of your strategy on backte
- `Best day` / `Worst day`: Best and worst day based on daily profit.
- `Days win/draw/lose`: Winning / Losing days (draws are usually days without closed trade).
- `Avg. Duration Winners` / `Avg. Duration Loser`: Average durations for winning and losing trades.
- `Rejected Buy signals`: Buy signals that could not be acted upon due to max_open_trades being reached.
- `Min balance` / `Max balance`: Lowest and Highest Wallet balance during the backtest period.
- `Drawdown`: Maximum drawdown experienced. For example, the value of 50% means that from highest to subsequent lowest point, a 50% drop was experienced).
- `Drawdown high` / `Drawdown low`: Profit at the beginning and end of the largest drawdown period. A negative low value means initial capital lost.
- `Drawdown Start` / `Drawdown End`: Start and end datetime for this largest drawdown (can also be visualized via the `plot-dataframe` sub-command).
- `Market change`: Change of the market during the backtest period. Calculated as average of all pairs changes from the first to the last candle using the "close" column.
### Assumptions made by backtesting
### Further backtest-result analysis
To further analyze your backtest results, you can [export the trades](#exporting-trades-to-file).
You can then load the trades to perform further analysis as shown in our [data analysis](data-analysis.md#backtesting) backtesting section.
## Assumptions made by backtesting
Since backtesting lacks some detailed information about what happens within a candle, it needs to take a few assumptions:
- Buys happen at open-price
- All orders are filled at the requested price (no slippage, no unfilled orders)
- Sell-signal sells happen at open-price of the consecutive candle
- Sell-signal is favored over Stoploss, because sell-signals are assumed to trigger on candle's open
- ROI
@@ -432,6 +451,7 @@ Since backtesting lacks some detailed information about what happens within a ca
- Stoploss is evaluated before ROI within one candle. So you can often see more trades with the `stoploss` sell reason comparing to the results obtained with the same strategy in the Dry Run/Live Trade modes
- Low happens before high for stoploss, protecting capital first
- Trailing stoploss
- Trailing Stoploss is only adjusted if it's below the candle's low (otherwise it would be triggered)
- High happens first - adjusting stoploss
- Low uses the adjusted stoploss (so sells with large high-low difference are backtested correctly)
- ROI applies before trailing-stop, ensuring profits are "top-capped" at ROI if both ROI and trailing stop applies
@@ -446,10 +466,30 @@ Also, keep in mind that past results don't guarantee future success.
In addition to the above assumptions, strategy authors should carefully read the [Common Mistakes](strategy-customization.md#common-mistakes-when-developing-strategies) section, to avoid using data in backtesting which is not available in real market conditions.
### Further backtest-result analysis
### Improved backtest accuracy
To further analyze your backtest results, you can [export the trades](#exporting-trades-to-file).
You can then load the trades to perform further analysis as shown in our [data analysis](data-analysis.md#backtesting) backtesting section.
One big limitation of backtesting is it's inability to know how prices moved intra-candle (was high before close, or viceversa?).
So assuming you run backtesting with a 1h timeframe, there will be 4 prices for that candle (Open, High, Low, Close).
While backtesting does take some assumptions (read above) about this - this can never be perfect, and will always be biased in one way or the other.
To mitigate this, freqtrade can use a lower (faster) timeframe to simulate intra-candle movements.
To utilize this, you can append `--timeframe-detail 5m` to your regular backtesting command.
``` bash
freqtrade backtesting --strategy AwesomeStrategy --timeframe 1h --timeframe-detail 5m
```
This will load 1h data as well as 5m data for the timeframe. The strategy will be analyzed with the 1h timeframe - and for every "open trade candle" (candles where a trade is open) the 5m data will be used to simulate intra-candle movements.
All callback functions (`custom_sell()`, `custom_stoploss()`, ... ) will be running for each 5m candle once the trade is opened (so 12 times in the above example of 1h timeframe, and 5m detailed timeframe).
`--timeframe-detail` must be smaller than the original timeframe, otherwise backtesting will fail to start.
Obviously this will require more memory (5m data is bigger than 1h data), and will also impact runtime (depending on the amount of trades and trade durations).
Also, data must be available / downloaded already.
!!! Tip
You can use this function as the last part of strategy development, to ensure your strategy is not exploiting one of the [backtesting assumptions](#assumptions-made-by-backtesting). Strategies that perform similarly well with this mode have a good chance to perform well in dry/live modes too (although only forward-testing (dry-mode) can really confirm a strategy).
## Backtesting multiple strategies
@@ -469,11 +509,11 @@ There will be an additional table comparing win/losses of the different strategi
Detailed output for all strategies one after the other will be available, so make sure to scroll up to see the details per strategy.
```
=========================================================== STRATEGY SUMMARY ===========================================================
| Strategy | Buys | Avg Profit % | Cum Profit % | Tot Profit BTC | Tot Profit % | Avg Duration | Wins | Draws | Losses |
|:------------|-------:|---------------:|---------------:|-----------------:|---------------:|:---------------|------:|-------:|-------:|
| Strategy1 | 429 | 0.36 | 152.41 | 0.00762792 | 76.20 | 4:12:00 | 186 | 0 | 243 |
| Strategy2 | 1487 | -0.13 | -197.58 | -0.00988917 | -98.79 | 4:43:00 | 662 | 0 | 825 |
=========================================================== STRATEGY SUMMARY =========================================================================
| Strategy | Buys | Avg Profit % | Cum Profit % | Tot Profit BTC | Tot Profit % | Avg Duration | Wins | Draws | Losses | Drawdown % |
|:------------|-------:|---------------:|---------------:|-----------------:|---------------:|:---------------|------:|-------:|-------:|-----------:|
| Strategy1 | 429 | 0.36 | 152.41 | 0.00762792 | 76.20 | 4:12:00 | 186 | 0 | 243 | 45.2 |
| Strategy2 | 1487 | -0.13 | -197.58 | -0.00988917 | -98.79 | 4:43:00 | 662 | 0 | 825 | 241.68 |
```
## Next step