diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py b/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py
index f6bc39239..1f9f147d8 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py
@@ -389,6 +389,16 @@ class Exchange(object):
         logger.info("downloaded %s with length %s.", pair, len(data))
         return data
 
+    def refresh_tickers(self, pair_list: List[str], ticker_interval: str) -> bool:
+        """
+        Refresh tickers asyncronously and return the result.
+        """
+        logger.debug("Refreshing klines for %d pairs", len(pair_list))
+        asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(
+            self.async_get_candles_history(pair_list, ticker_interval))
+
+        return True
+
     async def async_get_candles_history(self, pairs: List[str],
                                         tick_interval: str) -> List[Tuple[str, List]]:
         """Download ohlcv history for pair-list asyncronously """
diff --git a/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py b/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
index 40c665261..3cb7ade9a 100644
--- a/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
+++ b/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 Freqtrade is the main module of this bot. It contains the class Freqtrade()
 """
 
-import asyncio
 import copy
 import logging
 import time
@@ -162,20 +161,6 @@ class FreqtradeBot(object):
         time.sleep(duration)
         return result
 
-    def refresh_tickers(self, pair_list: List[str]) -> bool:
-        """
-        Refresh tickers asyncronously and return the result.
-        """
-        logger.debug("Refreshing klines for %d pairs", len(pair_list))
-        datatups = asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(
-            self.exchange.async_get_candles_history(pair_list, self.strategy.ticker_interval))
-
-        # updating cached klines available to bot
-        #self.exchange.klines = {pair: data for (pair, data) in datatups}
-        # self.exchange.klines = datatups
-
-        return True
-
     def _process(self, nb_assets: Optional[int] = 0) -> bool:
         """
         Queries the persistence layer for open trades and handles them,
@@ -197,7 +182,7 @@ class FreqtradeBot(object):
             self.config['exchange']['pair_whitelist'] = final_list
 
             # Refreshing candles
-            self.refresh_tickers(final_list)
+            self.exchange.refresh_tickers(final_list, self.strategy.ticker_interval)
 
             # Query trades from persistence layer
             trades = Trade.query.filter(Trade.is_open.is_(True)).all()
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py b/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
index ca06a4a70..a9b786cb8 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
@@ -599,6 +599,33 @@ def test_get_history(default_conf, mocker, caplog):
     assert len(ret) == 2
 
 
+def test_refresh_tickers(mocker, default_conf, caplog) -> None:
+    tick = [
+        [
+            1511686200000,  # unix timestamp ms
+            1,  # open
+            2,  # high
+            3,  # low
+            4,  # close
+            5,  # volume (in quote currency)
+        ]
+    ]
+
+    caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
+    exchange = get_patched_exchange(mocker, default_conf)
+    exchange._api_async.fetch_ohlcv = get_mock_coro(tick)
+
+    pairs = ['IOTA/ETH', 'XRP/ETH']
+    # empty dicts
+    assert not exchange.klines
+    exchange.refresh_tickers(['IOTA/ETH', 'XRP/ETH'], '5m')
+
+    assert log_has(f'Refreshing klines for {len(pairs)} pairs', caplog.record_tuples)
+    assert exchange.klines
+    for pair in pairs:
+        assert exchange.klines[pair]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test__async_get_candle_history(default_conf, mocker, caplog):
     tick = [
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/test_freqtradebot.py b/freqtrade/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
index 42b348892..5764c5b0f 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def patch_get_signal(freqtrade: FreqtradeBot, value=(True, False)) -> None:
     """
     freqtrade.strategy.get_signal = lambda e, s, t: value
     freqtrade.exchange.get_candle_history = lambda p, i: None
-    freqtrade.refresh_tickers = lambda i: True
+    freqtrade.exchange.refresh_tickers = lambda p, i: True
 
 
 def patch_RPCManager(mocker) -> MagicMock:
@@ -137,36 +137,6 @@ def test_throttle_with_assets(mocker, default_conf) -> None:
     assert result == -1
 
 
-def test_refresh_tickers(mocker, default_conf, caplog) -> None:
-    tick = [
-         [
-             1511686200000,  # unix timestamp ms
-             1,  # open
-             2,  # high
-             3,  # low
-             4,  # close
-             5,  # volume (in quote currency)
-         ]
-     ]
-
-    async def async_get_candles_history(pairlist, timeframe):
-        return [(pair, tick) for pair in pairlist]
-
-    caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
-    freqtrade = get_patched_freqtradebot(mocker, default_conf)
-    freqtrade.exchange.async_get_candles_history = async_get_candles_history
-
-    pairs = ['IOTA/ETH', 'XRP/ETH']
-    # empty dicts
-    assert not freqtrade.exchange.klines
-    freqtrade.refresh_tickers(['IOTA/ETH', 'XRP/ETH'])
-
-    assert log_has(f'Refreshing klines for {len(pairs)} pairs', caplog.record_tuples)
-    assert freqtrade.exchange.klines
-    for pair in pairs:
-        assert freqtrade.exchange.klines[pair]
-
-
 def test_gen_pair_whitelist(mocker, default_conf, tickers) -> None:
     freqtrade = get_patched_freqtradebot(mocker, default_conf)
     mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange.get_tickers', tickers)