diff --git a/freqtrade/persistence.py b/freqtrade/persistence.py
index a6c1de402..bdbb7628a 100644
--- a/freqtrade/persistence.py
+++ b/freqtrade/persistence.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def check_migrate(engine) -> None:
         logger.debug(f'trying {table_back_name}')
 
     # Check for latest column
-    if not has_column(cols, 'timeframe'):
+    if not has_column(cols, 'amount_requested'):
         logger.info(f'Running database migration - backup available as {table_back_name}')
 
         fee_open = get_column_def(cols, 'fee_open', 'fee')
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ def check_migrate(engine) -> None:
             cols, 'close_profit_abs',
             f"(amount * close_rate * (1 - {fee_close})) - {open_trade_price}")
         sell_order_status = get_column_def(cols, 'sell_order_status', 'null')
+        amount_requested = get_column_def(cols, 'amount_requested', 'amount')
 
         # Schema migration necessary
         engine.execute(f"alter table trades rename to {table_back_name}")
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ def check_migrate(engine) -> None:
                 fee_open, fee_open_cost, fee_open_currency,
                 fee_close, fee_close_cost, fee_open_currency, open_rate,
                 open_rate_requested, close_rate, close_rate_requested, close_profit,
-                stake_amount, amount, open_date, close_date, open_order_id,
+                stake_amount, amount, amount_requested, open_date, close_date, open_order_id,
                 stop_loss, stop_loss_pct, initial_stop_loss, initial_stop_loss_pct,
                 stoploss_order_id, stoploss_last_update,
                 max_rate, min_rate, sell_reason, sell_order_status, strategy,
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ def check_migrate(engine) -> None:
                 {fee_close_cost} fee_close_cost, {fee_close_currency} fee_close_currency,
                 open_rate, {open_rate_requested} open_rate_requested, close_rate,
                 {close_rate_requested} close_rate_requested, close_profit,
-                stake_amount, amount, open_date, close_date, open_order_id,
+                stake_amount, amount, {amount_requested}, open_date, close_date, open_order_id,
                 {stop_loss} stop_loss, {stop_loss_pct} stop_loss_pct,
                 {initial_stop_loss} initial_stop_loss,
                 {initial_stop_loss_pct} initial_stop_loss_pct,
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ class Trade(_DECL_BASE):
     close_profit_abs = Column(Float)
     stake_amount = Column(Float, nullable=False)
     amount = Column(Float)
+    amount_requested = Column(Float)
     open_date = Column(DateTime, nullable=False, default=datetime.utcnow)
     close_date = Column(DateTime)
     open_order_id = Column(String)
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ class Trade(_DECL_BASE):
             'is_open': self.is_open,
             'exchange': self.exchange,
             'amount': round(self.amount, 8),
+            'amount_requested': round(self.amount_requested, 8),
             'stake_amount': round(self.stake_amount, 8),
             'strategy': self.strategy,
             'ticker_interval': self.timeframe,  # DEPRECATED
diff --git a/tests/test_persistence.py b/tests/test_persistence.py
index 8dd27e53a..c39b2015e 100644
--- a/tests/test_persistence.py
+++ b/tests/test_persistence.py
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ def test_migrate_old(mocker, default_conf, fee):
     assert trade.close_rate_requested is None
     assert trade.is_open == 1
     assert trade.amount == amount
+    assert trade.amount_requested == amount
     assert trade.stake_amount == default_conf.get("stake_amount")
     assert trade.pair == "ETC/BTC"
     assert trade.exchange == "bittrex"
@@ -546,6 +547,7 @@ def test_migrate_new(mocker, default_conf, fee, caplog):
     assert trade.close_rate_requested is None
     assert trade.is_open == 1
     assert trade.amount == amount
+    assert trade.amount_requested == amount
     assert trade.stake_amount == default_conf.get("stake_amount")
     assert trade.pair == "ETC/BTC"
     assert trade.exchange == "binance"
@@ -725,6 +727,7 @@ def test_to_json(default_conf, fee):
         pair='ETH/BTC',
         stake_amount=0.001,
         amount=123.0,
+        amount_requested=123.0,
         fee_open=fee.return_value,
         fee_close=fee.return_value,
         open_date=arrow.utcnow().shift(hours=-2).datetime,
@@ -757,6 +760,7 @@ def test_to_json(default_conf, fee):
                       'close_rate': None,
                       'close_rate_requested': None,
                       'amount': 123.0,
+                      'amount_requested': 123.0,
                       'stake_amount': 0.001,
                       'close_profit': None,
                       'close_profit_abs': None,
@@ -786,6 +790,7 @@ def test_to_json(default_conf, fee):
         pair='XRP/BTC',
         stake_amount=0.001,
         amount=100.0,
+        amount_requested=101.0,
         fee_open=fee.return_value,
         fee_close=fee.return_value,
         open_date=arrow.utcnow().shift(hours=-2).datetime,
@@ -808,6 +813,7 @@ def test_to_json(default_conf, fee):
                       'open_rate': 0.123,
                       'close_rate': 0.125,
                       'amount': 100.0,
+                      'amount_requested': 101.0,
                       'stake_amount': 0.001,
                       'stop_loss': None,
                       'stop_loss_abs': None,