Merge pull request #5980 from incrementby1/ShuffleFilterDetectLiveMode

Shuffle filter use seed only in backtesting mode

freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/ShuffleFilter.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import logging
 import random
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
+from freqtrade.enums.runmode import RunMode
 from freqtrade.plugins.pairlist.IPairList import IPairList
 
 
@@ -18,7 +19,15 @@ class ShuffleFilter(IPairList):
                  pairlist_pos: int) -> None:
         super().__init__(exchange, pairlistmanager, config, pairlistconfig, pairlist_pos)
 
-        self._seed = pairlistconfig.get('seed')
+        # Apply seed in backtesting mode to get comparable results,
+        # but not in live modes to get a non-repeating order of pairs during live modes.
+        if config.get('runmode') in (RunMode.LIVE, RunMode.DRY_RUN):
+            self._seed = None
+            logger.info("Live mode detected, not applying seed.")
+        else:
+            self._seed = pairlistconfig.get('seed')
+            logger.info(f"Backtesting mode detected, applying seed value: {self._seed}")
+
         self._random = random.Random(self._seed)
 
     @property