Disable Defaulting to DefaultStrategy

freqtrade/configuration/cli_options.py

@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ AVAILABLE_CLI_OPTIONS = {
     # Main options
     "strategy": Arg(
         '-s', '--strategy',
-        help='Specify strategy class name (default: `%(default)s`).',
+        help='Specify strategy class name which will be used by the bot.',
         metavar='NAME',
-        default='DefaultStrategy',
     ),
     "strategy_path": Arg(
         '--strategy-path',

freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Configuration:
         self._process_logging_options(config)
 
         # Set strategy if not specified in config and or if it's non default
-        if self.args.get("strategy") != constants.DEFAULT_STRATEGY or not config.get('strategy'):
+        if self.args.get("strategy") or not config.get('strategy'):
             config.update({'strategy': self.args.get("strategy")})
 
         self._args_to_config(config, argname='strategy_path',

freqtrade/constants.py

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ PROCESS_THROTTLE_SECS = 5  # sec
 DEFAULT_TICKER_INTERVAL = 5  # min
 HYPEROPT_EPOCH = 100  # epochs
 RETRY_TIMEOUT = 30  # sec
-DEFAULT_STRATEGY = 'DefaultStrategy'
 DEFAULT_HYPEROPT = 'DefaultHyperOpts'
 DEFAULT_HYPEROPT_LOSS = 'DefaultHyperOptLoss'
 DEFAULT_DB_PROD_URL = 'sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite'

freqtrade/resolvers/strategy_resolver.py

@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ class StrategyResolver(IResolver):
         """
         config = config or {}
 
-        # Verify the strategy is in the configuration, otherwise fallback to the default strategy
-        strategy_name = config.get('strategy') or constants.DEFAULT_STRATEGY
+        if not config.get('strategy'):
+            raise OperationalException("No strategy set. Please use `--strategy` to specify "
+                                       "the strategy class to use.")
+
+        strategy_name = config['strategy']
         self.strategy: IStrategy = self._load_strategy(strategy_name,
                                                        config=config,
                                                        extra_dir=config.get('strategy_path'))