diff --git a/freqtrade/arguments.py b/freqtrade/arguments.py
index 3075dd0fe..d623b7d7a 100644
--- a/freqtrade/arguments.py
+++ b/freqtrade/arguments.py
@@ -515,3 +515,10 @@ class Arguments(object):
             default=750,
             type=int,
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--trade-source',
+            help='Specify the source for trades (Can be DB or file (backtest file)) Default: %(default)s',
+            dest='trade_source',
+            default="file",
+            choices=["DB", "file"]
+        )
diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration.py b/freqtrade/configuration.py
index b2c35c977..d74b712c3 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration.py
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ class Configuration(object):
 
         self._args_to_config(config, argname='plot_limit',
                              logstring='Limiting plot to: {}')
-
+        self._args_to_config(config, argname='trade_source',
+                             logstring='Using trades from: {}')
         return config
 
     def _validate_config_schema(self, conf: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/scripts/plot_dataframe.py b/scripts/plot_dataframe.py
index 99ba60d40..828373cb2 100755
--- a/scripts/plot_dataframe.py
+++ b/scripts/plot_dataframe.py
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ import pandas as pd
 
 from freqtrade.arguments import Arguments, TimeRange
 from freqtrade.data import history
-from freqtrade.data.btanalysis import load_trades, extract_trades_of_period
+from freqtrade.data.btanalysis import (extract_trades_of_period,
+                                       load_backtest_data, load_trades_from_db)
 from freqtrade.optimize import setup_configuration
-from freqtrade.plot.plotting import (generate_graph,
-                                     generate_plot_file)
+from freqtrade.plot.plotting import generate_graph, generate_plot_file
 from freqtrade.resolvers import ExchangeResolver, StrategyResolver
 from freqtrade.state import RunMode
 
@@ -124,10 +124,12 @@ def analyse_and_plot_pairs(config: Dict[str, Any]):
         tickers = {}
         tickers[pair] = data
         dataframe = generate_dataframe(strategy, tickers, pair)
+        trades = None
+        if config["trade_source"] == "DB":
+            trades = load_trades_from_db(config["db_url"])
+        elif config["trade_source"] == "file":
+            trades = load_backtest_data(Path(config["exportfilename"]))
 
-        trades = load_trades(exportfilename=config["exportfilename"],
-                             db_url=config["db_url"],
-                             )
         trades = trades.loc[trades['pair'] == pair]
         trades = extract_trades_of_period(dataframe, trades)