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## Beginner Tips & Tricks ## Beginner Tips & Tricks
* When you work with your strategy & hyperopt file you should use a proper code editor like vscode or Pycharm. A good code editor will provide syntax highlighting as well as line numbers, making it easy to find syntax errors (most likely, pointed out by Freqtrade during startup). * When you work with your strategy & hyperopt file you should use a proper code editor like VScode or Pycharm. A good code editor will provide syntax highlighting as well as line numbers, making it easy to find syntax errors (most likely, pointed out by Freqtrade during startup).
## Freqtrade common issues ## Freqtrade common issues
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* The installation did not work correctly. * The installation did not work correctly.
* Please check the [Installation documentation](installation.md). * Please check the [Installation documentation](installation.md).
### I have waited 5 minutes, why hasn't the bot made any trades yet?! ### I have waited 5 minutes, why hasn't the bot made any trades yet?
* Depending on the buy strategy, the amount of whitelisted coins, the * Depending on the buy strategy, the amount of whitelisted coins, the
situation of the market etc, it can take up to hours to find good entry situation of the market etc, it can take up to hours to find good entry
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That's great. We have a nice backtesting and hyperoptimization setup. See That's great. We have a nice backtesting and hyperoptimization setup. See
the tutorial [here|Testing-new-strategies-with-Hyperopt](bot-usage.md#hyperopt-commands). the tutorial [here|Testing-new-strategies-with-Hyperopt](bot-usage.md#hyperopt-commands).
### Is there a setting to only SELL the coins being held and not perform anymore BUYS? ### Is there a setting to only Buys the coins being held and not perform anymore Buys?
You can use the `/forcesell all` command from Telegram. You can use the `/stopbuy` to prevent future buys, followed `/forcesell all` (sell all open trades) command from Telegram.
### I want to run multiple bots on the same machine ### I want to run multiple bots on the same machine
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This message is just a warning that the latest candles had missing candles in them. This message is just a warning that the latest candles had missing candles in them.
Depending on the exchange, this can indicate that the pair didn't have a trade for the timeframe you are using - and the exchange does only return candles with volume. Depending on the exchange, this can indicate that the pair didn't have a trade for the timeframe you are using - and the exchange does only return candles with volume.
On low volume pairs, this is a rather common occurance. On low volume pairs, this is a rather common occurrence.
If this happens for all pairs in the pairlist, this might indicate a recent exchange downtime. Please check your exchange's public channels for details. If this happens for all pairs in the pairlist, this might indicate a recent exchange downtime. Please check your exchange's public channels for details.
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### How many epoch do I need to get a good Hyperopt result? ### How many epoch do I need to get a good Hyperopt result?
Per default Hyperopt called without the `-e`/`--epochs` command line option will only Per default Hyperopt called without the `-e`/`--epochs` command line option will only
run 100 epochs, means 100 evals of your triggers, guards, ... Too few run 100 epochs, means 100 evaluations of your triggers, guards, ... Too few
to find a great result (unless if you are very lucky), so you probably to find a great result (unless if you are very lucky), so you probably
have to run it for 10.000 or more. But it will take an eternity to have to run it for 10.000 or more. But it will take an eternity to
compute. compute.
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It's therefore recommended to run between 500-1000 epochs over and over until you hit at least 10.000 epochs in total (or are satisfied with the result). You can best judge by looking at the results - if the bot keeps discovering better strategies, it's best to keep on going. It's therefore recommended to run between 500-1000 epochs over and over until you hit at least 10.000 epochs in total (or are satisfied with the result). You can best judge by looking at the results - if the bot keeps discovering better strategies, it's best to keep on going.
```bash ```bash
freqtrade hyperopt --hyperop SampleHyperopt --hyperopt-loss SharpeHyperOptLossDaily --strategy SampleStrategy -e 1000 freqtrade hyperopt --hyperopt SampleHyperopt --hyperopt-loss SharpeHyperOptLossDaily --strategy SampleStrategy -e 1000
``` ```
### Why does it take a long time to run hyperopt? ### Why does it take a long time to run hyperopt?
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This answer was written during the release 0.15.1, when we had: This answer was written during the release 0.15.1, when we had:
- 8 triggers * 8 triggers
- 9 guards: let's say we evaluate even 10 values from each * 9 guards: let's say we evaluate even 10 values from each
- 1 stoploss calculation: let's say we want 10 values from that too to be evaluated * 1 stoploss calculation: let's say we want 10 values from that too to be evaluated
The following calculation is still very rough and not very precise The following calculation is still very rough and not very precise
but it will give the idea. With only these triggers and guards there is but it will give the idea. With only these triggers and guards there is
already 8\*10^9\*10 evaluations. A roughly total of 80 billion evals. already 8\*10^9\*10 evaluations. A roughly total of 80 billion evaluations.
Did you run 100 000 evals? Congrats, you've done roughly 1 / 100 000 th Did you run 100 000 evaluations? Congrats, you've done roughly 1 / 100 000 th
of the search space, assuming that the bot never tests the same parameters more than once. of the search space, assuming that the bot never tests the same parameters more than once.
* The time it takes to run 1000 hyperopt epochs depends on things like: The available cpu, hard-disk, ram, timeframe, timerange, indicator settings, indicator count, amount of coins that hyperopt test strategies on and the resulting trade count - which can be 650 trades in a year or 10.0000 trades depending if the strategy aims for big profits by trading rarely or for many low profit trades. * The time it takes to run 1000 hyperopt epochs depends on things like: The available cpu, hard-disk, ram, timeframe, timerange, indicator settings, indicator count, amount of coins that hyperopt test strategies on and the resulting trade count - which can be 650 trades in a year or 10.0000 trades depending if the strategy aims for big profits by trading rarely or for many low profit trades.