From 7a22aaa11144dc95cb1f855642fdac555d866537 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 14:30:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] UPdate documentation to reflect that stoploss-on-exchange is also available for kraken --- docs/configuration.md | 2 +- docs/exchanges.md | 5 ++++- docs/stoploss.md | 2 +- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md index fe692eacb..f2d0fa5f2 100644 --- a/docs/configuration.md +++ b/docs/configuration.md @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ If this is configured, the following 4 values (`buy`, `sell`, `stoploss` and The below is the default which is used if this is not configured in either strategy or configuration file. Since `stoploss_on_exchange` uses limit orders, the exchange needs 2 prices, the stoploss_price and the Limit price. -`stoploss` defines the stop-price - and limit should be slightly below this. This defaults to 0.99 / 1%. +`stoploss` defines the stop-price - and limit should be slightly below this. This defaults to 0.99 / 1% (configurable via `stoploss_on_exchange_limit_ratio`). Calculation example: we bought the asset at 100$. Stop-price is 95$, then limit would be `95 * 0.99 = 94.05$` - so the stoploss will happen between 95$ and 94.05$. diff --git a/docs/exchanges.md b/docs/exchanges.md index 76fa81f4a..18a9f1cba 100644 --- a/docs/exchanges.md +++ b/docs/exchanges.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This page combines common gotchas and informations which are exchange-specific a ## Binance !!! Tip "Stoploss on Exchange" - Binance is currently the only exchange supporting `stoploss_on_exchange`. It provides great advantages, so we recommend to benefit from it. + Binance supports `stoploss_on_exchange` and uses stop-loss-limit orders. It provides great advantages, so we recommend to benefit from it. ### Blacklists @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Binance has been split into 3, and users must use the correct ccxt exchange ID f ## Kraken +!!! Tip "Stoploss on Exchange" + Kraken supports `stoploss_on_exchange` and uses stop-loss-market orders. It provides great advantages, so we recommend to benefit from it, however since the resulting order is a stoploss-market order, sell-rates are not guaranteed, which makes this feature less secure than on other exchanges. This limitation is based on kraken's policy [source](https://blog.kraken.com/post/1494/kraken-enables-advanced-orders-and-adds-10-currency-pairs/) and [source2](https://blog.kraken.com/post/1494/kraken-enables-advanced-orders-and-adds-10-currency-pairs/) - which has stoploss-limit orders disabled. + ### Historic Kraken data The Kraken API does only provide 720 historic candles, which is sufficient for Freqtrade dry-run and live trade modes, but is a problem for backtesting. diff --git a/docs/stoploss.md b/docs/stoploss.md index 105488296..f6d56fd41 100644 --- a/docs/stoploss.md +++ b/docs/stoploss.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ So this parameter will tell the bot how often it should update the stoploss orde This same logic will reapply a stoploss order on the exchange should you cancel it accidentally. !!! Note - Stoploss on exchange is only supported for Binance as of now. + Stoploss on exchange is only supported for Binance (stop-loss-limit) and Kraken (stop-loss-market) as of now. ## Static Stop Loss