Add note about download-data in combination with startup period

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Matthias 2020-09-20 13:09:34 +02:00
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!!! 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: