Document expansion of --pairs, add download-inactive

freqtrade/commands/arguments.py

@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ ARGS_CONVERT_TRADES = ["pairs", "timeframes", "exchange", "dataformat_ohlcv", "d
 
 ARGS_LIST_DATA = ["exchange", "dataformat_ohlcv", "pairs"]
 
-ARGS_DOWNLOAD_DATA = ["pairs", "pairs_file", "days", "new_pairs_days", "timerange",
-                      "download_trades", "exchange", "timeframes", "erase", "dataformat_ohlcv",
-                      "dataformat_trades"]
+ARGS_DOWNLOAD_DATA = ["pairs", "pairs_file", "days", "new_pairs_days", "include_inactive",
+                      "timerange", "download_trades", "exchange", "timeframes",
+                      "erase", "dataformat_ohlcv", "dataformat_trades"]
 
 ARGS_PLOT_DATAFRAME = ["pairs", "indicators1", "indicators2", "plot_limit",
                        "db_url", "trade_source", "export", "exportfilename",

freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py

@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@ AVAILABLE_CLI_OPTIONS = {
         type=check_int_positive,
         metavar='INT',
     ),
+    "include_inactive": Arg(
+        '--include-inactive-pairs',
+        help='Also download data from inactive pairs.',
+        action='store_true',
+    ),
     "new_pairs_days": Arg(
         '--new-pairs-days',
         help='Download data of new pairs for given number of days. Default: `%(default)s`.',

freqtrade/commands/data_commands.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from freqtrade.data.history import (convert_trades_to_ohlcv, refresh_backtest_oh
 from freqtrade.enums import RunMode
 from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.exchange import timeframe_to_minutes
+from freqtrade.exchange.exchange import market_is_active
 from freqtrade.plugins.pairlist.pairlist_helpers import expand_pairlist
 from freqtrade.resolvers import ExchangeResolver
 
@@ -47,11 +48,13 @@ def start_download_data(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
 
     # Init exchange
     exchange = ExchangeResolver.load_exchange(config['exchange']['name'], config, validate=False)
+    markets = [p for p, m in exchange.markets.items() if market_is_active(m)
+               or config.get('include_inactive')]
+    expanded_pairs = expand_pairlist(config['pairs'], markets)
+
     # Manual validations of relevant settings
     if not config['exchange'].get('skip_pair_validation', False):
-        exchange.validate_pairs(config['pairs'])
-    expanded_pairs = expand_pairlist(config['pairs'], list(exchange.markets))
-
+        exchange.validate_pairs(expanded_pairs)
     logger.info(f"About to download pairs: {expanded_pairs}, "
                 f"intervals: {config['timeframes']} to {config['datadir']}")
 

freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py

@@ -407,6 +407,9 @@ class Configuration:
         self._args_to_config(config, argname='days',
                              logstring='Detected --days: {}')
 
+        self._args_to_config(config, argname='include_inactive',
+                             logstring='Detected --include-inactive-pairs: {}')
+
         self._args_to_config(config, argname='download_trades',
                              logstring='Detected --dl-trades: {}')