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+# pragma pylint: disable=missing-docstring, W0212, too-many-arguments
+
+"""
+This module contains the backtesting logic
+"""
+from argparse import Namespace
+from typing import Dict, Tuple, Any, List, Optional
+
+import arrow
+from pandas import DataFrame, Series
+from tabulate import tabulate
+import freqtrade.optimize as optimize
+from freqtrade import exchange
+from freqtrade.analyze import Analyze
+from freqtrade.arguments import Arguments
+from freqtrade.configuration import Configuration
+from freqtrade.exchange import Bittrex
+from freqtrade.logger import Logger
+from freqtrade.misc import file_dump_json
+from freqtrade.persistence import Trade
+import sys
+
+class Backtesting(object):
+    """
+    Backtesting class, this class contains all the logic to run a backtest
+
+    To run a backtest:
+    backtesting = Backtesting(config)
+    backtesting.start()
+    """
+    def __init__(self, config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+
+        # Init the logger
+        self.logging = Logger(name=__name__, level=config['loglevel'])
+        self.logger = self.logging.get_logger()
+        self.config = config
+        self.analyze = None
+        self.ticker_interval = None
+        self.tickerdata_to_dataframe = None
+        self.populate_buy_trend = None
+        self.populate_sell_trend = None
+        self._init()
+
+    def _init(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Init objects required for backtesting
+        :return: None
+        """
+        self.analyze = Analyze(self.config)
+        self.ticker_interval = self.analyze.strategy.ticker_interval
+        self.tickerdata_to_dataframe = self.analyze.tickerdata_to_dataframe
+        self.populate_buy_trend = self.analyze.populate_buy_trend
+        self.populate_sell_trend = self.analyze.populate_sell_trend
+        exchange._API = Bittrex({'key': '', 'secret': ''})
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_timeframe(data: Dict[str, DataFrame]) -> Tuple[arrow.Arrow, arrow.Arrow]:
+        """
+        Get the maximum timeframe for the given backtest data
+        :param data: dictionary with preprocessed backtesting data
+        :return: tuple containing min_date, max_date
+        """
+        all_dates = Series([])
+        for pair_data in data.values():
+            all_dates = all_dates.append(pair_data['date'])
+        all_dates.sort_values(inplace=True)
+        return arrow.get(all_dates.iloc[0]), arrow.get(all_dates.iloc[-1])
+
+    def _generate_text_table(self, data: Dict[str, Dict], results: DataFrame) -> str:
+        """
+        Generates and returns a text table for the given backtest data and the results dataframe
+        :return: pretty printed table with tabulate as str
+        """
+        stake_currency = self.config.get('stake_currency')
+
+        floatfmt = ('.8f', '.8f', '.8f', '.8f', '.1f')
+        tabular_data = []
+        headers = ['total profit ' + stake_currency]
+
+        # Append Total
+        tabular_data.append([
+            'TOTAL',
+            results.profit_BTC.sum(),
+        ])
+        return tabulate(tabular_data, headers=headers, floatfmt=floatfmt)
+
+    def _get_sell_trade_entry(
+            self, pair: str, buy_row: DataFrame,
+            partial_ticker: List, trade_count_lock: Dict, args: Dict) -> Optional[Tuple]:
+
+        stake_amount = args['stake_amount']
+        max_open_trades = args.get('max_open_trades', 0)
+        trade = Trade(
+            open_rate=buy_row.close,
+            open_date=buy_row.date,
+            stake_amount=stake_amount,
+            amount=stake_amount / buy_row.open,
+            fee=exchange.get_fee()
+        )
+
+        # calculate win/lose forwards from buy point
+        for sell_row in partial_ticker:
+            if max_open_trades > 0:
+                # Increase trade_count_lock for every iteration
+                trade_count_lock[sell_row.date] = trade_count_lock.get(sell_row.date, 0) + 1
+
+            buy_signal = sell_row.buy
+            if self.analyze.should_sell(trade, sell_row.close, sell_row.date, buy_signal,
+                                        sell_row.sell):
+                return \
+                    sell_row, \
+                    (
+                        pair,
+                        trade.calc_profit_percent(rate=sell_row.close),
+                        trade.calc_profit(rate=sell_row.close),
+                        (sell_row.date - buy_row.date).seconds // 60
+                    ), \
+                    sell_row.date
+        return None
+
+    def backtest(self, args: Dict) -> DataFrame:
+        """
+        Implements backtesting functionality
+
+        NOTE: This method is used by Hyperopt at each iteration. Please keep it optimized.
+        Of course try to not have ugly code. By some accessor are sometime slower than functions.
+        Avoid, logging on this method
+
+        :param args: a dict containing:
+            stake_amount: btc amount to use for each trade
+            processed: a processed dictionary with format {pair, data}
+            max_open_trades: maximum number of concurrent trades (default: 0, disabled)
+            realistic: do we try to simulate realistic trades? (default: True)
+            sell_profit_only: sell if profit only
+            use_sell_signal: act on sell-signal
+        :return: DataFrame
+        """
+        headers = ['date', 'buy', 'open', 'close', 'sell']
+        processed = args['processed']
+        max_open_trades = args.get('max_open_trades', 0)
+        realistic = args.get('realistic', False)
+        record = args.get('record', None)
+        records = []
+        trades = []
+        trade_count_lock = {}
+        for pair, pair_data in processed.items():
+            pair_data['buy'], pair_data['sell'] = 0, 0  # cleanup from previous run
+
+            ticker_data = self.populate_sell_trend(self.populate_buy_trend(pair_data))[headers]
+            ticker = [x for x in ticker_data.itertuples()]
+
+            lock_pair_until = None
+            for index, row in enumerate(ticker):
+                if row.buy == 0 or row.sell == 1:
+                    continue  # skip rows where no buy signal or that would immediately sell off
+
+                if realistic:
+                    if lock_pair_until is not None and row.date <= lock_pair_until:
+                        continue
+                if max_open_trades > 0:
+                    # Check if max_open_trades has already been reached for the given date
+                    if not trade_count_lock.get(row.date, 0) < max_open_trades:
+                        continue
+
+                    trade_count_lock[row.date] = trade_count_lock.get(row.date, 0) + 1
+
+                ret = self._get_sell_trade_entry(pair, row, ticker[index + 1:],
+                                                 trade_count_lock, args)
+
+                if ret:
+                    row2, trade_entry, next_date = ret
+                    lock_pair_until = next_date
+                    trades.append(trade_entry)
+                    if record:
+                        # Note, need to be json.dump friendly
+                        # record a tuple of pair, current_profit_percent,
+                        # entry-date, duration
+                        records.append((pair, trade_entry[1],
+                                        row.date.strftime('%s'),
+                                        row2.date.strftime('%s'),
+                                        row.date, trade_entry[3]))
+        # For now export inside backtest(), maybe change so that backtest()
+        # returns a tuple like: (dataframe, records, logs, etc)
+        if record and record.find('trades') >= 0:
+            self.logger.info('Dumping backtest results')
+            file_dump_json('backtest-result.json', records)
+        labels = ['currency', 'profit_percent', 'profit_BTC', 'duration']
+        return DataFrame.from_records(trades, columns=labels)
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Run a backtesting end-to-end
+        :return: None
+        """
+        data = {}
+        pairs = self.config['exchange']['pair_whitelist']
+        self.logger.info('Using stake_currency: %s ...', self.config['stake_currency'])
+        self.logger.info('Using stake_amount: %s ...', self.config['stake_amount'])
+
+        if self.config.get('live'):
+            self.logger.info('Downloading data for all pairs in whitelist ...')
+            for pair in pairs:
+                data[pair] = exchange.get_ticker_history(pair, self.ticker_interval)
+        else:
+            self.logger.info('Using local backtesting data (using whitelist in given config) ...')
+
+            timerange = Arguments.parse_timerange(self.config.get('timerange'))
+            data = optimize.load_data(
+                self.config['datadir'],
+                pairs=pairs,
+                ticker_interval=self.ticker_interval,
+                refresh_pairs=self.config.get('refresh_pairs', False),
+                timerange=timerange
+            )
+
+        # Ignore max_open_trades in backtesting, except realistic flag was passed
+        if self.config.get('realistic_simulation', False):
+            max_open_trades = self.config['max_open_trades']
+        else:
+            self.logger.info('Ignoring max_open_trades (realistic_simulation not set) ...')
+            max_open_trades = 0
+
+        preprocessed = self.tickerdata_to_dataframe(data)
+
+        # Print timeframe
+        min_date, max_date = self.get_timeframe(preprocessed)
+        self.logger.info(
+            'Measuring data from %s up to %s (%s days)..',
+            min_date.isoformat(),
+            max_date.isoformat(),
+            (max_date - min_date).days
+        )
+
+        # Execute backtest and print results
+        sell_profit_only = self.config.get('experimental', {}).get('sell_profit_only', False)
+        use_sell_signal = self.config.get('experimental', {}).get('use_sell_signal', False)
+        results = self.backtest(
+            {
+                'stake_amount': self.config.get('stake_amount'),
+                'processed': preprocessed,
+                'max_open_trades': max_open_trades,
+                'realistic': self.config.get('realistic_simulation', False),
+                'sell_profit_only': sell_profit_only,
+                'use_sell_signal': use_sell_signal,
+                'record': self.config.get('export')
+            }
+        )
+
+        self.logging.set_format('%(message)s')
+        self.logger.info(
+            '\n==================================== '
+            'BACKTESTING REPORT'
+            ' ====================================\n'
+            '%s',
+            self._generate_text_table(
+                data,
+                results
+            )
+        )
+        time.sleep(5)
+        os.close(1)
+        sys.exit()
+
+def setup_configuration(args: Namespace) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    Prepare the configuration for the backtesting
+    :param args: Cli args from Arguments()
+    :return: Configuration
+    """
+    configuration = Configuration(args)
+    config = configuration.get_config()
+
+    # Ensure we do not use Exchange credentials
+    config['exchange']['key'] = ''
+    config['exchange']['secret'] = ''
+
+    return config
+
+
+def start(args: Namespace) -> None:
+    """
+    Start Backtesting script
+    :param args: Cli args from Arguments()
+    :return: None
+    """
+
+    # Initialize logger
+    logger = Logger(name=__name__).get_logger()
+    logger.info('Starting freqtrade in Backtesting mode')
+
+    # Initialize configuration
+    config = setup_configuration(args)
+
+    # Initialize backtesting object
+    backtesting = Backtesting(config)
+    backtesting.start()