diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py b/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py
index 395accd90..e39c485f3 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import logging
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 from freqtrade import OperationalException
+from freqtrade.constants import USER_DATA_FILES
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -48,3 +50,22 @@ def create_userdata_dir(directory: str, create_dir=False) -> Path:
         if not subfolder.is_dir():
             subfolder.mkdir(parents=False)
     return folder
+
+
+def copy_sample_files(directory: Path) -> None:
+    """
+    Copy files from templates to User data directory.
+    :param directory: Directory to copy data to
+    """
+    if not directory.is_dir():
+        raise OperationalException(f"Directory `{directory}` does not exist.")
+    sourcedir = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "templates"
+    for source, target in USER_DATA_FILES.items():
+        targetdir = directory / target
+        if not targetdir.is_dir():
+            raise OperationalException(f"Directory `{targetdir}` does not exist.")
+        targetfile = targetdir / source
+        if targetfile.exists():
+            logger.warning(f"File `{targetfile}` exists already, not deploying sample file.")
+            continue
+        shutil.copy(str(sourcedir / source), str(targetfile))
diff --git a/freqtrade/constants.py b/freqtrade/constants.py
index a92371bc3..e28016eea 100644
--- a/freqtrade/constants.py
+++ b/freqtrade/constants.py
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ AVAILABLE_PAIRLISTS = ['StaticPairList', 'VolumePairList', 'PrecisionFilter', 'P
 DRY_RUN_WALLET = 999.9
 MATH_CLOSE_PREC = 1e-14  # Precision used for float comparisons
 
+# Soure files with destination directories
+USER_DATA_FILES = {
+    'sample_strategy.py': 'strategies',
+    'sample_hyperopt_advanced.py': 'hyperopts',
+    'sample_hyperopt_loss.py': 'hyperopts',
+    'sample_hyperopt.py': 'hyperopts',
+}
+
 TIMEFRAMES = [
     '1m', '3m', '5m', '15m', '30m',
     '1h', '2h', '4h', '6h', '8h', '12h',
diff --git a/freqtrade/utils.py b/freqtrade/utils.py
index b8ab7504e..c6422d04c 100644
--- a/freqtrade/utils.py
+++ b/freqtrade/utils.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from tabulate import tabulate
 
 from freqtrade import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.configuration import Configuration, TimeRange, remove_credentials
-from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import create_userdata_dir
+from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import create_userdata_dir, copy_sample_files
 from freqtrade.data.history import (convert_trades_to_ohlcv,
                                     refresh_backtest_ohlcv_data,
                                     refresh_backtest_trades_data)
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ def start_create_userdir(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     :return: None
     """
     if "user_data_dir" in args and args["user_data_dir"]:
-        create_userdata_dir(args["user_data_dir"], create_dir=True)
+        userdir = create_userdata_dir(args["user_data_dir"], create_dir=True)
+        copy_sample_files(userdir)
     else:
         logger.warning("`create-userdir` requires --userdir to be set.")
         sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/tests/test_configuration.py b/tests/test_configuration.py
index 240b7c784..d74d64c95 100644
--- a/tests/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/test_configuration.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from freqtrade.configuration.deprecated_settings import (
     check_conflicting_settings, process_deprecated_setting,
     process_temporary_deprecated_settings)
 from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import (create_datadir,
-                                                          create_userdata_dir)
+                                                          create_userdata_dir, copy_sample_files)
 from freqtrade.configuration.load_config import load_config_file
 from freqtrade.constants import DEFAULT_DB_DRYRUN_URL, DEFAULT_DB_PROD_URL
 from freqtrade.loggers import _set_loggers
@@ -709,6 +709,38 @@ def test_create_userdata_dir_exists_exception(mocker, default_conf, caplog) -> N
     assert md.call_count == 0
 
 
+def test_copy_sample_files(mocker, default_conf, caplog) -> None:
+    mocker.patch.object(Path, "is_dir", MagicMock(return_value=True))
+    mocker.patch.object(Path, "exists", MagicMock(return_value=False))
+    copymock = mocker.patch('shutil.copy', MagicMock())
+
+    copy_sample_files(Path('/tmp/bar'))
+    assert copymock.call_count == 4
+    assert copymock.call_args_list[0][0][1] == '/tmp/bar/strategies/sample_strategy.py'
+    assert copymock.call_args_list[1][0][1] == '/tmp/bar/hyperopts/sample_hyperopt_advanced.py'
+    assert copymock.call_args_list[2][0][1] == '/tmp/bar/hyperopts/sample_hyperopt_loss.py'
+    assert copymock.call_args_list[3][0][1] == '/tmp/bar/hyperopts/sample_hyperopt.py'
+
+
+def test_copy_sample_files_errors(mocker, default_conf, caplog) -> None:
+    mocker.patch.object(Path, "is_dir", MagicMock(return_value=False))
+    mocker.patch.object(Path, "exists", MagicMock(return_value=False))
+    mocker.patch('shutil.copy', MagicMock())
+    with pytest.raises(OperationalException,
+                       match=r"Directory `.{1,2}tmp.{1,2}bar` does not exist\."):
+        copy_sample_files(Path('/tmp/bar'))
+
+    mocker.patch.object(Path, "is_dir", MagicMock(side_effect=[True, False]))
+
+    with pytest.raises(OperationalException,
+                       match=r"Directory `.{1,2}tmp.{1,2}bar.{1,2}strategies` does not exist\."):
+        copy_sample_files(Path('/tmp/bar'))
+    mocker.patch.object(Path, "is_dir", MagicMock(return_value=True))
+    mocker.patch.object(Path, "exists", MagicMock(return_value=True))
+    copy_sample_files(Path('/tmp/bar'))
+    assert log_has_re(r"File `.*` exists already, not deploying sample.*", caplog)
+
+
 def test_validate_tsl(default_conf):
     default_conf['stoploss'] = 0.0
     with pytest.raises(OperationalException, match='The config stoploss needs to be different '