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This page explains how to validate your strategy performance by using Backtesting.
Backtesting requires historic data to be available.
To learn how to get data for the pairs and exchange you're interrested in, head over to the [Data Downloading](data-download.md) section of the documentation.
To learn how to get data for the pairs and exchange you're interested in, head over to the [Data Downloading](data-download.md) section of the documentation.
## Test your strategy with Backtesting
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and load ticker data from `user_data/data/<exchange>` by default.
If no data is available for the exchange / pair / ticker interval combination, backtesting will
ask you to download them first using `freqtrade download-data`.
For details on downloading, please refer to the [Downloading data](data-download.md) section in the documentation.
For details on downloading, please refer to the [Data Downloading](data-download.md) section in the documentation.
The result of backtesting will confirm if your bot has better odds of making a profit than a loss.
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#### Advanced use of timerange
Doing `--timerange=20190101-` will all available data starting with January 1st, 2019 from your inputdata.
You can also specify specific dates, or a range span indexed by start and stop.
Using `--timerange=20190101-` will use all available data starting with January 1st, 2019 from your inputdata.
You can also specify particular dates or a range span indexed by start and stop.
The full timerange specification:

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To download data (candles / OHLCV) needed for backtesting and hyperoptimization use the `freqtrade download-data` command.
If no additional parameter is specified, freqtrade will download data for `"1m"` and `"5m"` timeframes.
Exchange and pairs will come from `config.json` (if specified using `-c/--config`). Otherwise `--exchange` becomes mandatory.
If no additional parameter is specified, freqtrade will download data for `"1m"` and `"5m"` timeframes for the last 30 days.
Exchange and pairs will come from `config.json` (if specified using `-c/--config`).
Otherwise `--exchange` becomes mandatory.
Alternatively, a `pairs.json` file can be used.
### Pairs file
In alternative to the whitelist from `config.json`, a `pairs.json` file can be used.
If you are using Binance for example:
- create a directory `user_data/data/binance` and copy `pairs.json` in that directory.
- update the `pairs.json` to contain the currency pairs you are interested in.
- create a directory `user_data/data/binance` and copy or create the `pairs.json` file in that directory.
- update the `pairs.json` file to contain the currency pairs you are interested in.
```bash
mkdir -p user_data/data/binance
cp freqtrade/tests/testdata/pairs.json user_data/data/binance
```
### start download
Then run:
```bash
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This will download ticker data for all the currency pairs you defined in `pairs.json`.
### Other Notes
- To use a different directory than the exchange specific default, use `--datadir user_data/data/some_directory`.
- To change the exchange used to download the tickers, please use a different configuration file (you'll probably need to adjust ratelimits etc.)
- To use `pairs.json` from some other directory, use `--pairs-file some_other_dir/pairs.json`.