From ca9fd089918c9c584735af803edef8785460634f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bigchakalaka <34461529+bigchakalaka@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:40:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update strategy-customization.md --- docs/strategy-customization.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/strategy-customization.md b/docs/strategy-customization.md index db007985f..ab64d3a67 100644 --- a/docs/strategy-customization.md +++ b/docs/strategy-customization.md @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Let's try to backtest 1 month (January 2019) of 5m candles using an example stra freqtrade backtesting --timerange 20190101-20190201 --timeframe 5m ``` -Assuming `startup_candle_count` is set to 100, backtesting knows it needs 100 candles to generate valid buy signals. It will load data from `20190101 - (100 * 5m)` - which is ~2019-12-31 15:30:00. +Assuming `startup_candle_count` is set to 100, backtesting knows it needs 100 candles to generate valid buy signals. It will load data from `20190101 - (100 * 5m)` - which is ~2018-12-31 15:30:00. If this data is available, indicators will be calculated with this extended timerange. The instable startup period (up to 2019-01-01 00:00:00) will then be removed before starting backtesting. !!! Note