diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py b/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
index 1311687b7..ed900e6bb 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from telegram import Chat, Message, Update
 
 from freqtrade.analyze import Analyze
 from freqtrade import constants
+from freqtrade.exchange import Exchange
 from freqtrade.freqtradebot import FreqtradeBot
 
 logging.getLogger('').setLevel(logging.INFO)
@@ -26,6 +27,17 @@ def log_has(line, logs):
                   False)
 
 
+def get_patched_exchange(mocker, config, api_mock=None) -> Exchange:
+
+    mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange.validate_pairs', MagicMock())
+    if api_mock:
+        mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange._init_ccxt', MagicMock(return_value=api_mock))
+    else:
+        mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange._init_ccxt', MagicMock())
+    exchange = Exchange(config)
+    return exchange
+
+
 # Functions for recurrent object patching
 def get_patched_freqtradebot(mocker, config) -> FreqtradeBot:
     """