From 55041878ae7da0758a8e58d2c1add3139e54fcbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 11:20:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update Backtesting fee documentation --- docs/backtesting.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/backtesting.md b/docs/backtesting.md index ac7c8e11a..c2359b370 100644 --- a/docs/backtesting.md +++ b/docs/backtesting.md @@ -79,12 +79,14 @@ Please also read about the [strategy startup period](strategy-customization.md#s Sometimes your account has certain fee rebates (fee reductions starting with a certain account size or monthly volume), which are not visible to ccxt. To account for this in backtesting, you can use `--fee 0.001` to supply this value to backtesting. -This fee must be a percentage, and will be applied twice (once for trade entry, and once for trade exit). +This fee must be a ratio, and will be applied twice (once for trade entry, and once for trade exit). ```bash freqtrade backtesting --fee 0.001 ``` +!!! Note + Only supply this parameter if you want to experiment with different fee values. By default, Backtesting fetches the exchange's default fee from the exchange. #### Running backtest with smaller testset by using timerange From e1f89e3ad34187caf0385a841f13ec1c710fbd17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 20:11:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Reword Note in backtesting fee docs --- docs/backtesting.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/backtesting.md b/docs/backtesting.md index c2359b370..45759e2aa 100644 --- a/docs/backtesting.md +++ b/docs/backtesting.md @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ freqtrade backtesting --fee 0.001 ``` !!! Note - Only supply this parameter if you want to experiment with different fee values. By default, Backtesting fetches the exchange's default fee from the exchange. + Only supply this option (or the corresponding configuration parameter) if you want to experiment with different fee values. By default, Backtesting fetches the default fee from the exchange pair/market info. #### Running backtest with smaller testset by using timerange