diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py b/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5da31413a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import pytest
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def pairs():
+    return ['btc-neo', 'btc-eth', 'btc-omg', 'btc-edg', 'btc-pay',
+            'btc-pivx', 'btc-qtum', 'btc-mtl', 'btc-etc', 'btc-ltc']
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def conf():
+    return {
+        "minimal_roi": {
+            "40":  0.0,
+            "30":  0.01,
+            "20":  0.02,
+            "0":  0.04
+        },
+        "stoploss": -0.05
+    }
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/test_backtesting.py b/freqtrade/tests/test_backtesting.py
index fc7c699d6..7eb8fd981 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/test_backtesting.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/test_backtesting.py
@@ -26,25 +26,6 @@ def print_pair_results(pair, results):
     print(format_results(results[results.currency == pair]))
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def pairs():
-    return ['btc-neo', 'btc-eth', 'btc-omg', 'btc-edg', 'btc-pay',
-            'btc-pivx', 'btc-qtum', 'btc-mtl', 'btc-etc', 'btc-ltc']
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def conf():
-    return {
-        "minimal_roi": {
-            "50": 0.0,
-            "40": 0.01,
-            "30": 0.02,
-            "0": 0.045
-        },
-        "stoploss": -0.40
-    }
-
-
 def backtest(conf, pairs, mocker):
     trades = []
     exchange._API = Bittrex({'key': '', 'secret': ''})
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/test_hyperopt.py b/freqtrade/tests/test_hyperopt.py
index 5a8143269..1660ed8a2 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/test_hyperopt.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/test_hyperopt.py
@@ -18,25 +18,6 @@ logging.disable(logging.DEBUG)  # disable debug logs that slow backtesting a lot
 TARGET_TRADES = 1200
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def pairs():
-    return ['btc-neo', 'btc-eth', 'btc-omg', 'btc-edg', 'btc-pay',
-            'btc-pivx', 'btc-qtum', 'btc-mtl', 'btc-etc', 'btc-ltc']
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def conf():
-    return {
-        "minimal_roi": {
-            "40": 0.0,
-            "30": 0.01,
-            "20": 0.02,
-            "0": 0.04
-        },
-        "stoploss": -0.05
-    }
-
-
 def buy_strategy_generator(params):
     print(params)