From e085fd9e9538c18a6e4e6ea51c0dd151eb31c15e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 19:49:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Disable dataprovider from hyperopt. Dataprovider uses weak links to initialize, which cannot be pickled, and therefore cannot be used during hyperopt. --- docs/bot-optimization.md | 2 +- freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/bot-optimization.md b/docs/bot-optimization.md index ae6377bf5..f018d92a7 100644 --- a/docs/bot-optimization.md +++ b/docs/bot-optimization.md @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ if self.dp: so please be aware of it and make sure to not "look into the future" to avoid surprises when running in dry/live mode). !!! Warning Warning in hyperopt - This option should only be used in `populate_indicators()` - since it pulls the historic data from disk each time, which would be a huge performance penalty during hyperopt. + This option cannot currently be used during hyperopt. #### Available Pairs diff --git a/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py b/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py index 7c98bd3a7..293511fc0 100644 --- a/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py +++ b/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py @@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ class Backtesting(object): exchange_name = self.config.get('exchange', {}).get('name', 'bittrex').title() self.exchange = ExchangeResolver(exchange_name, self.config).exchange self.fee = self.exchange.get_fee() - self.dataprovider = DataProvider(self.config, self.exchange) - IStrategy.dp = self.dataprovider + + if self.config.get('runmode') != RunMode.HYPEROPT: + self.dataprovider = DataProvider(self.config, self.exchange) + IStrategy.dp = self.dataprovider if self.config.get('strategy_list', None): # Force one interval