From b72cccae3c04e279f9f1e09580789576f7721e79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 13:09:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about download-data in combination with startup period closes #2673 --- docs/data-download.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/data-download.md b/docs/data-download.md index 3a7e47c8b..e9c5c1865 100644 --- a/docs/data-download.md +++ b/docs/data-download.md @@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ Common arguments: ``` +!!! Note "Startup period" + `download-data` is a strategy-independent command. The idea is to download a big chunk of data once, and then iteratively increase the amount of data stored. + + For that reason, `download-data` does not care about the "startup-period" defined in a strategy. It's up to the user to download additional days if the backtest should start at a specific point in time (while respecting startup period). + ### Data format Freqtrade currently supports 3 data-formats for both OHLCV and trades data: