diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py b/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py
index 89347b0dc..98cb8db0b 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ def get_ticker(pair: str, refresh: Optional[bool] = True) -> dict:
             try:
                 _CACHED_TICKER[pair] = {
                     'bid': float(data['bid']),
+                    'ask': float(data['ask']),
                 }
             except KeyError as e:
                 logger.debug("Could not cache ticker data for %s", pair)
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py b/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
index 56812c75e..ff4233eaf 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
@@ -310,9 +310,19 @@ def test_get_ticker(default_conf, mocker):
     # if not fetching a new result we should get the cached ticker
     ticker = get_ticker(pair='ETH/BTC')
 
+    assert api_mock.fetch_ticker.call_count == 1
     assert ticker['bid'] == 0.5
     assert ticker['ask'] == 1
 
+    assert 'ETH/BTC' in exchange._CACHED_TICKER
+    assert exchange._CACHED_TICKER['ETH/BTC']['bid'] == 0.5
+    assert exchange._CACHED_TICKER['ETH/BTC']['ask'] == 1
+
+    # Test caching
+    api_mock.fetch_ticker = MagicMock()
+    get_ticker(pair='ETH/BTC', refresh=False)
+    assert api_mock.fetch_ticker.call_count == 0
+
     with pytest.raises(TemporaryError):  # test retrier
         api_mock.fetch_ticker = MagicMock(side_effect=ccxt.NetworkError)
         mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange._API', api_mock)