# Telegram usage

This page explains how to command your bot with Telegram.

## Pre-requisite
To control your bot with Telegram, you need first to 
[set up a Telegram bot](https://github.com/gcarq/freqtrade/blob/develop/docs/pre-requisite.md) 
and add your Telegram API keys into your config file.

## Telegram commands
Per default, the Telegram bot shows predefined commands. Some commands 
are only available by sending them to the bot. The table below list the 
official commands. You can ask at any moment for help with `/help`.

|  Command | Default | Description |
|----------|---------|-------------|
| `/start` | | Starts the trader
| `/stop` | | Stops the trader
| `/status` | | Lists all open trades
| `/status table` | | List all open trades in a table format
| `/count` | | Displays number of trades used and available
| `/profit` | | Display a summary of your profit/loss from close trades and some stats about your performance
| `/forcesell <trade_id>` | | Instantly sells the given trade  (Ignoring `minimum_roi`).
| `/forcesell all` | | Instantly sells all open trades (Ignoring `minimum_roi`).
| `/performance` | | Show performance of each finished trade grouped by pair
| `/balance` | | Show account balance per currency
| `/daily <n>` | 7 | Shows profit or loss per day, over the last n days
| `/help` | | Show help message
| `/version` | | Show version

## Telegram commands in action
Below, example of Telegram message you will receive for each command.

### /start
> **Status:** `running`

### /stop
> `Stopping trader ...`  
> **Status:** `stopped`

## /status
For each open trade, the bot will send you the following message.

> **Trade ID:** `123`  
> **Current Pair:** BTC_CVC  
> **Open Since:** `1 days ago`  
> **Amount:** `26.64180098`  
> **Open Rate:** `0.00007489`  
> **Close Rate:** `None`  
> **Current Rate:** `0.00007489`  
> **Close Profit:** `None`  
> **Current Profit:** `12.95%`  
> **Open Order:** `None`

## /status table
Return the status of all open trades in a table format.
```
   ID  Pair      Since    Profit  
----  --------  -------  --------  
  67  BTC_SC    1 d      13.33%  
 123  BTC_CVC   1 h      12.95%  
```

## /count
Return the number of trades used and available.
```
current    max
---------  -----  
     2     10  
```

## /profit
Return a summary of your profit/loss and performance.

> **ROI:** Close trades  
>   ∙ `0.00485701 BTC (258.45%)`  
>   ∙ `62.968 USD`  
> **ROI:** All trades  
>   ∙ `0.00255280 BTC (143.43%)`  
>   ∙ `33.095 EUR`  
>   
> **Total Trade Count:** `138`  
> **First Trade opened:** `3 days ago`  
> **Latest Trade opened:** `2 minutes ago`  
> **Avg. Duration:** `2:33:45`  
> **Best Performing:** `BTC_PAY: 50.23%`

## /forcesell <trade_id>

> **BITTREX:** Selling BTC/LTC with limit `0.01650000 (profit: ~-4.07%, -0.00008168)`

## /performance
Return the performance of each crypto-currency the bot has sold.
> Performance:  
> 1. `BTC_RCN 57.77%`  
> 2. `BTC_PAY 56.91%`  
> 3. `BTC_VIB 47.07%`  
> 4. `BTC_SALT 30.24%`  
> 5. `BTC_STORJ 27.24%`  
> ...

## /balance
Return the balance of all crypto-currency your have on the exchange.

> **Currency:** BTC  
> **Available:** 3.05890234  
> **Balance:** 3.05890234  
> **Pending:** 0.0  

> **Currency:** CVC  
> **Available:** 86.64180098  
> **Balance:** 86.64180098  
> **Pending:** 0.0

## /daily <n>
Per default `/daily` will return the 7 last days. 
The example below if for `/daily 3`:

> **Daily Profit over the last 3 days:**
```
Day         Profit BTC      Profit USD  
----------  --------------  ------------  
2018-01-03  0.00224175 BTC  29,142 USD  
2018-01-02  0.00033131 BTC   4,307 USD  
2018-01-01  0.00269130 BTC  34.986 USD
```

## /version
> **Version:** `0.14.3`