From 916776bb53642b25c4be09bca82ef0c1467798d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Goller <info@danielgoller.de>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 08:37:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Option to skip exchange validation, required to backtest
 pairs that are not live on the exchange any more.

---
 freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
index 659ff59bc..baa379db1 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class Exchange:
 
         logger.info('Using Exchange "%s"', self.name)
 
-        if validate:
+        if validate and not exchange_config.get('skip_validation'):
             # Check if timeframe is available
             self.validate_timeframes(config.get('timeframe'))