Implement *candle definitions

freqtrade/configuration/config_validation.py

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def _validate_protections(conf: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
                 f"Please fix the protection {prot.get('method')}"
                 )
 
-        if ('lookback_period' in prot and 'lookback_period_candle' in prot):
+        if ('lookback_period' in prot and 'lookback_period_candles' in prot):
             raise OperationalException(
                 "Protections must specify either `lookback_period` or `lookback_period_candles`.\n"
                 f"Please fix the protection {prot.get('method')}"

freqtrade/plugins/protections/iprotection.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
+from freqtrade.exchange import timeframe_to_minutes
 from freqtrade.mixins import LoggingMixin
 from freqtrade.persistence import Trade
 
@@ -23,8 +24,15 @@ class IProtection(LoggingMixin, ABC):
     def __init__(self, config: Dict[str, Any], protection_config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         self._config = config
         self._protection_config = protection_config
-        self._stop_duration = protection_config.get('stop_duration', 60)
-        self._lookback_period = protection_config.get('lookback_period', 60)
+        tf_in_min = timeframe_to_minutes(config['timeframe'])
+        if 'stop_duration_candles' in protection_config:
+            self._stop_duration = (tf_in_min * protection_config.get('stop_duration_candles'))
+        else:
+            self._stop_duration = protection_config.get('stop_duration', 60)
+        if 'lookback_period_candles' in protection_config:
+            self._lookback_period = tf_in_min * protection_config.get('lookback_period_candles', 60)
+        else:
+            self._lookback_period = protection_config.get('lookback_period', 60)
 
         LoggingMixin.__init__(self, logger)