Add plot-profit command

freqtrade/configuration/arguments.py

@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ ARGS_DOWNLOAD_DATA = ["pairs", "pairs_file", "days", "exchange", "timeframes", "
 ARGS_PLOT_DATAFRAME = ["pairs", "indicators1", "indicators2", "plot_limit", "db_url",
                        "trade_source", "export", "exportfilename", "timerange"]
 
-ARGS_PLOT_PROFIT = (ARGS_COMMON + ARGS_STRATEGY +
-                    ["pairs", "timerange", "export", "exportfilename", "db_url", "trade_source"])
+ARGS_PLOT_PROFIT = ["pairs", "timerange", "export", "exportfilename", "db_url", "trade_source"]
 
 NO_CONF_REQURIED = ["start_download_data"]
 
@@ -140,10 +139,18 @@ class Arguments(object):
         self._build_args(optionlist=ARGS_DOWNLOAD_DATA, parser=download_data_cmd)
 
         # Add Plotting subcommand
-        from freqtrade.plot.plot_utils import start_plot_dataframe
+        from freqtrade.plot.plot_utils import start_plot_dataframe, start_plot_profit
         plot_dataframe_cmd = subparsers.add_parser(
             'plot-dataframe',
             help='Plot candles with indicators.'
         )
         plot_dataframe_cmd.set_defaults(func=start_plot_dataframe)
         self._build_args(optionlist=ARGS_PLOT_DATAFRAME, parser=plot_dataframe_cmd)
+
+        # Plot profit
+        plot_profit_cmd = subparsers.add_parser(
+            'plot-profit',
+            help='Generate plot showing profits.'
+        )
+        plot_profit_cmd.set_defaults(func=start_plot_profit)
+        self._build_args(optionlist=ARGS_PLOT_PROFIT, parser=plot_profit_cmd)

freqtrade/plot/plot_utils.py

@@ -6,10 +6,21 @@ from freqtrade.utils import setup_utils_configuration
 
 def start_plot_dataframe(args: Namespace) -> None:
     """
-    Plotting dataframe helper
+    Entrypoint for dataframe plotting
     """
     # Import here to avoid errors if plot-dependencies are not installed.
     from freqtrade.plot.plotting import analyse_and_plot_pairs
     config = setup_utils_configuration(args, RunMode.OTHER)
 
     analyse_and_plot_pairs(config)
+
+
+def start_plot_profit(args: Namespace) -> None:
+    """
+    Entrypoint for plot_profit
+    """
+    # Import here to avoid errors if plot-dependencies are not installed.
+    from freqtrade.plot.plotting import plot_profit
+    config = setup_utils_configuration(args, RunMode.OTHER)
+
+    plot_profit(config)

freqtrade/plot/plotting.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ try:
     from plotly.offline import plot
     import plotly.graph_objects as go
 except ImportError:
-    logger.exception("Module plotly not found \n Please install using `pip install plotly`")
+    logger.exception("Module plotly not found \n Please install using `pip3 install plotly`")
     exit(1)
 
 
@@ -354,3 +354,22 @@ def analyse_and_plot_pairs(config: Dict[str, Any]):
                         directory=config['user_data_dir'] / "plot")
 
     logger.info('End of plotting process. %s plots generated', pair_counter)
+
+
+def plot_profit(config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    """
+    Plots the total profit for all pairs.
+    Note, the profit calculation isn't realistic.
+    But should be somewhat proportional, and therefor useful
+    in helping out to find a good algorithm.
+    """
+    plot_elements = init_plotscript(config)
+    trades = plot_elements['trades']
+    # Filter trades to relevant pairs
+    trades = trades[trades['pair'].isin(plot_elements["pairs"])]
+
+    # Create an average close price of all the pairs that were involved.
+    # this could be useful to gauge the overall market trend
+    fig = generate_profit_graph(plot_elements["pairs"], plot_elements["tickers"], trades)
+    store_plot_file(fig, filename='freqtrade-profit-plot.html',
+                    directory=config['user_data_dir'] / "plot", auto_open=True)